Adult Male | ||
 | lemon irises gray hood white around eyes head flat on top | |
 | gray wings with black bar on edge of secondaries black patch on primaries on both top & underside | |
 | gray tail with black bands white rump coverts | |
 | purplish blue inside mouth black on tongue | |
Adult Female | ||
 | yellow irises brown hood tawny around eyes facial disk with tawny rim head flat on top | |
| (photo of spread female wing needed) | barred, pale gray remiges dark bar on edge of secondaries | |
 | gray tail with dark bands outer tail feathers are tawny white rump coverts |
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