Ferruginous Hawk Photo Gallery
Adult light morph
Large buteo with broad wings that are pointed at the tips. In flight the head appears rather large. Light morph birds have white belly with rusty feathered legs that form a V above the white tail.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryNevada, May 28, 2020Light morph
Usually found alone or in pairs in open-country where they often perch on power poles.
© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryArizona, January 01, 2014Not all videos have soundAdult light morph
Flies on broad wings with narrow tips. From above note white streaks in primaries, pale tail, chestnut back, and big-headed look.
© Jerry Liguori / Macaulay LibraryUtah, December 11, 2016Adult light morph
Flies with stiff, shallow wingbeats. Light morphs are very pale below with chestnut back and pale head.
© Jerry Liguori / Macaulay LibraryUtah, November 26, 2010Light morph
Soars on broad wings often held in a slight dihedral with its head held down.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryDecember 01, 1997Not all videos have soundAdult dark morph
The rarer dark morph has a chestnut belly and inner wing linings. The tail and flight feathers are white.
© Jerry Ting / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 28, 2019Juveniles
Young stay in the nest for 38–50 days before fledging.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryMontana, July 01, 2000Not all videos have soundAdult dark morph
A small percent of the population is dark brown to chestnut above and below with a white tail. In flight, primaries and secondaries are also white. Note feathered legs.
© Chris Wood / Macaulay LibraryColorado, January 10, 2016Light morph
Light morph birds are very pale below.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryNew Mexico, December 01, 1997Not all videos have soundJuvenile light morph
Often seen on the ground where it hunts gophers, ground squirrels, and rabbits in grassland, prairie, sagebrush steppe, scrubland, and pinyon-juniper woodland edges in western North America.
© Wolfe R / Macaulay LibraryColorado, September 21, 2018Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites(Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae)
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