Medium-sized raptor with broad wings. Often mistaken for a Turkey Vulture, but note large white band on tail and dark trailing edges on wings. With good looks upper bands on tail are also visible.
Medium-sized all-dark raptor with yellow legs and bill.
Arched wings and a "tippy" flying style makes Zone-tailed Hawks resemble Turkey Vultures in flight. However, a bold white tail band helps separate these species in the field.
Immatures have finely barred outer flight feathers and a barred tail. Immatures also show dark trailing edges on the wings.
Perched immatures look all dark with a barred tail.
Zone-tailed Hawks build their nests within dense mixed evergreen-deciduous forests often on north-facing mountain slopes or near cliffs adjacent to streams.
: A rather lightly built hawk with slim wings and a fairly long tail when compared to a Red-tailed Hawk.
Larger than a Red-shouldered Hawk, smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk.
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