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The tail is barred; red-tailed hawks have a red tail with only one bar, near the tip.
That is not true. The tail pattern you describe does work with many morphs, but is not true for every form. Red Tails is a broad subject. They range the entire North American Continent, with a half dozen subspecies in the States. The original bird was described in Jamaica, thus the species name jamaicensis. In your area, there is a few forms overlapping etc. There is not an a typical feather pattern to follow. That is true for many hawks, especially with large ranges. There are particular identifiers that can aid an id.
Again, I am no expert. I do know however that some red tails out that way have tail patterns that are not that unlike the one shown.
The tail is barred; red-tailed hawks have a red tail with only one bar, near the tip.
That is not true. The tail pattern you describe does work with many morphs, but is not true for every form. Red Tails is a broad subject. They range the entire North American Continent, with a half dozen subspecies in the States. The original bird was described in Jamaica, thus the species name jamaicensis. In your area, there is a few forms overlapping etc. There is not an a typical feather pattern to follow. That is true for many hawks, especially with large ranges. There are particular identifiers that can aid an id.
Again, I am no expert. I do know however that some red tails out that way have tail patterns that are not that unlike the one shown.
