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Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)
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Birds of Zihuatanejo
CLASS AVES
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
This large hawk is mostly black except for barred flight feathers, black-and-white banded tail. Eye-rings are gray. Bill and llegs are yellow. Circles like a turkey vulture. Eats small rodents, birds. It soars and glides on thermals with wings lifted slightly above back, and tilts from side to side. They can spot and capture prey from up to 105 meters above the ground.
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