Wingbeats are quick and shallow, interspersed with quick glides. Broad-winged hawk adult has rufous on breast, but no barring on primaries, only 1 or 2 tail bands, in flight shows more pointed wings.

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America ... Eye color is orange to red. Undersides with rufous barring, undertail is white. Juvenile: brown above, with rufous edges and white spots on upperwing ...

Kenn and Kimberly say red-tailed hawks in the West are much more variable than those in the East, often showing up in dark or ...