Comparing Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks

Broad-winged HawkRed-shouldered
Hawk
Adult
orangish brown iris
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain

dark brown iris
top of wing uniformly brown
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain

black & white checked on
top of wings
red on shoulder
broad light-colored
tail band
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
narrow white bands on
tail
narrow dark bars across the
secondaries and inner
primaries
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
rufous barring on
underside of wing
Juvenile
no reddish panel in
primaries
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
reddish panel in
primaries
(spread wing)

narrow dark bars across the
secondaries and inner
primaries
of underside of wing
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
black and white bars on
underwing
malar mark on cheek
pale bluish spot on lower
part of upper mandible
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
no malar mark
whitish supercilium
Two types of tails:
1) narrow dark banded
2)similar to adult
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Narrow pale bands
Fledgling
malar mark on cheek
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
no malar mark
whitish supercilium
narrow dark bars across the
secondaries and inner
primaries
of underside of wing
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
black and white bars on
underwing
red on wing, but no reddish
panel in primaries
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
reddish panel in
primaries
(spread wing)
Nestling
Photo by Robyn Graboski
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Photo by Robyn Graboski
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
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