Northern Goshawk Identifying Features

Adult

Photo by Marge Gibson
fine grayish bars
on underside

Photo by Marge Gibson
white supercilium
black auricular patch

Photo by Becky Brunette
dark gray or black
crown & nape
white supercilium
red eye


(photo of top of wing needed)

bluish gray on top of wings
with darker remiges

Juvenile

Photo Tasha Leong
brown auricular patch
white supercilium
orangish yellow iris


Photo by Jo Turley
white bar on wing coverts

Photo by Tasha Leong
thin white lines bordering
dark bands on tail

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