Zone-tailed Hawk
Why the Zone-tailed Hawk can successfully mimic the Turkey Vulture
Contributed by Kenn Kaufman
Published:
May 1, 2008
Contributing Editor Kenn Kaufman describes the flight silhouette, tail and wing pattern, bare parts, and other field marks of Zone-tailed Hawk and contrasts them with those of Turkey Vulture, Common Black-Hawk, and Gray Hawk. In addition, Kaufman discusses where in the United States Zone-tailed Hawks now winter regularly, and he tells how Charles Bendire obtained the Zone-tailed Hawk egg now in the Smithsonian collection.
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