Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo albonotatus

Spanish: Aguililla aura

The zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It is somewhat similar in plumage and flight style to a common scavenger, the turkey vulture, and may benefit from being able to blend into groups of vultures. It feeds on small terrestrial tetrapods of all kinds.

TaxonomyAves › Accipitriformes › Accipitridae

Local records13 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records6,794 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2021 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Recent local sightings

2026-03-12 — observation by fer_alvarado
2026-02-10 — observation by zihuadean
2025-01-29 — observation by zihuadean
2023-06-21 — observation by isabel_soria
2023-06-20 — observation by isabel_soria
2022-12-23 — observation by zihuadean

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Birds guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/buteo-albonotatus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.