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Zone-tailed Hawk Sounds

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Arizona, May 21, 2008Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, May 25, 2008Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, July 13, 1968Recorded by Fletcher H. Sillick / Macaulay Library

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Calls

A high-pitched, screaming kreeee or kreeee-ah, similar to call of Red-tailed Hawk. Many other short, yapping calls during the nesting season.

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Species in This Family

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites(Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae)

White-tailed Kite

Hook-billed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

American Goshawk

Common Black Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

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