Adult | ||
 | pale body bluish gray upperparts long wings | |
 | pale gray head dark eye patch red irises black bill | |
 | black bill black tongue | |
| (photo showing white secondaries needed) | Outermost primary shorter than wing tip (see juvenile photo below) whitish secondaries on males and some females | |
 | males have long black square tail with black quills some females have black tails with white quills, some paler tails | |
Juvenile | ||
 | grayish upperparts brown streaked underparts long wings and long tail | |
 | Outermost primary shorter than wing tip | |
 | banded tail | |
Fledgling | ||
 | heavily brown streaked underparts | |
 | gray and brown streaked head black lore white throat dark brown iris black bill white supercilium |
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