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  • Raptors include the golden eagle, great horned owl, red-tailed hawk, ferruginous hawk, and the rare zone-tailed hawk.

    Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Also found here are the plain-winged antwren (Myrmotherula behni), dusky spinetail (Synallaxis moesta), lemon-throated barbet (Eubucco richardsoni), and zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus).

    Caqueta moist forests 2008

  • Sheltered by cottonwoods, willow, walnut, alder, and sycamore, this isolated riparian oasis in the southern Arizona desert is home to seven native fish species and more than 200 bird species, including the yellow-billed cuckoo, black and zone-tailed hawks, peregrine falcon,

    Boston.com Top Stories 2009

  • In addition, numerous raptors inhabit the desert and include the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi), burrowing owl (Athene cunicularis), Aplomado falcon (Falco columbarius), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), and the rare zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus).

    Chihuahuan desert 2008

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