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More than 1600 species of the wild flora and fauna of Zihuatanejo.
All photographs were taken in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and the surrounding area.
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Birds of Zihuatanejo
CLASS AVES
Grey Hawk
Buteo plagiatus
Gray Hawks are small for a hawk in the genus Buteo. Adults are all pale grey with thin white bars on underparts. Tail is banded black and white. Feeds on a variety of small animals, many lizards and small birds, as well as snakes, rodents and other small mammals, frogs, and large insects. Found in shrubby riparian woodland. Usually seen singly.
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