zone-tailed hawk

noun

a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas

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Meanings

nounzone-tailed hawk (plural zone-tailed hawks)

plural zone-tailed hawks

  1. a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas

Origin

From zone + tailed + hawk.

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Translations

French buse à queue barrée
  • buse à queue barréeButeo albonotatus
Italian poiana codafasciata
  • poiana codafasciataButeo albonotatus
Russian боло́тный каню́к
  • боло́тный каню́к (bolótnyj kanjúk)Buteo albonotatus
Spanish aguilucho negro
  • aguilucho negroButeo albonotatus
Cite this entry
APA

zone-tailed hawk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zone-tailed%20hawk

MLA

“zone-tailed hawk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zone-tailed%20hawk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zone-tailed hawk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zone-tailed%20hawk.

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