Birds of Mexico


Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) Arizona, United States
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Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) Lagunillas, Guerrero, Mexico
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A black hawk that may confuse prey by looking similar to a Black Vulture.


Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) Male
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Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus) Female Dark morph.
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) United States
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A large 'buteo' hawk common in North America. Found as resident and migrant in various locations in Central American and the Caribbean.


Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis) Vancouver, Canada
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Immature Everglades National Park, Florida, USA Immatures can be hard to identify. Size and habitat are good clues.
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A medium-sized hawk Smaller than the Red-tailed Hawk and with a red shoulder. Found in swamps eating reptiles and amphibians.


Grey Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Reserve, Arizona, United States
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Grey Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
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Northern migrant. A medium-sized hawk that is relatively common and often returns yearly to the same spot. Broad-winged hawks migrate in 'kettles' of many hundreds, sometimes with Turkey Vultures or Swainson's Hawks. Immatures have drop shaped vertical spotting, while adults are barred horizontally.
From below.
Perched, from back.
Immature.


Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) Light-morph Flamingo Gardens, Davie, Florida, USA
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A large rust-colored hawk.


Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Arizona, United States An 'pale morph' adult male with a dark chest, the most common plumage. Others are all brown (dark morph) or brown with rufous belly (reddish morph) (HBW).
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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Immature Saguache County, Colorado, USA An immature missing the dark chest.
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A large (55 cm.) northern migrant hawk that migrates far south, sometimes in groups of hundreds. From the ground compare to White-tailed Hawk but note long pointed wings, and additional thin bands on tail that might be hard to see from ground.