Adult | ||
 | reddish or barred breast | |
 | wide dark and narrow white bands on tail | |
 | yellow cere, brown iris | |
 | red on shoulder | |
 | checkered wing | |
 | white panel on primaries | |
 | rufous on underside of wing | |
Juvenile | ||
 | dull, less regularly marked tail than adult | |
 | orange-brown iris | |
  | pale or reddish panel in primaries is visible when wing spread | |
 | mostly white on underside of wing | |
Nestling | ||
 | yellow cere, tan iris vocal | |
| Note: the adult and juvenile photos shown on this page are of Eastern Red-shouldered hawks (B. l. lineatus) |
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