White-tailed Hawk (us-RGV)
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General Information
Size
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Field Marks
Large buteo with long, broad, rounded wings appear somewhat pointed at tip. Wings extend at least to tip of tail at rest. Hooked beak, broad tail, yellow legs and cere. Sometimes hovers in flight, wings held in dihedral. Sexes similar. Adult: White tail with wide black subterminal band, white underparts, wing linings, and rump. Faintly barred primaries darker than secondaries, dark face, rufous wash on scapulars and coverts. Subadult: Tail grayish with black subterminal band, dark belly and white chest, dark underwing coverts. Immature: Dark underparts and wing linings, faintly barred flight feathers, pale faintly barred tail, white upper and undertail coverts. Vague white patch in center of breast.
Similar species
Adults are distinctive with white underparts and a white tail with a black subterminal band. Immatures are similar to other dark buteos: Harlan's, Rough-legged, Ferruginous, and Swainson's. The tail of the immature White-tailed Hawk is pale with a thin, faint bars and lacks the wider subterminal band of the other species. The immature also has distinctive white upper and undertail coverts.
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