Medium-sized raptor with very broad, rounded wings. Note checkered pattern on flight feathers and broad bands in the tail. Males have gray underparts.
Note very broad, rounded "paddle-shaped" wings and long tail with prominent, broad bands. Females are reddish brown on the neck continuing into barring on the breast and belly.
Medium-sized raptor with broad wings and long, banded tail. Note heavy bill with pronounced hook. Immatures are creamy white below with blackish barring.
Medium-sized raptor with heavy, strongly hooked bill and banded tail. Adults have yellow eyes. Males are gray below with thin white bars.
Rare dark morphs are deep brown-black all over with yellow patch before the eye and broad bands in the tail.
Note pale eye (adults) and heavy, strongly hooked bill. Females are reddish brown on the neck, continuing into barring on the breast and belly.
Often seen in lowlands along wooded streams and rivers (including rarely in South Texas), but in Andes can occur in cloud forest above 10,000 feet elevation.
Medium-sized raptor with long, strongly banded tail, pale eye (adults) and strongly hooked bill. Females have an orange-brown collar.
A medium-sized raptor with a large head and a very large, hooked bill. It has a long tail and very rounded wings often described as paddle shaped.
Larger than a Broad-winged, smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk.
between crow and gooseThe subspecies found in the United States is uncinatus. On the island of Grenada, subspecies mirus is smaller and lacks the black morph.
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites(Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae)
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