Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Identification: Note in eastern adult the red tail, the belly band, the dark patagium (area between neck and elbow),
white throat, above dark brown with visible red tail.

"Eastern" Red-tailed Hawk- Highland County, Virginia (3 photos above)

Four (4) photos above Highland County, Virginia
(Note the dark throat and reddish tones to wing linings, chest and belly, which possibly indicates the eastern Canada race.)

Adult eastern race- Hyde County, North Carolina

Richmond County, Virginia

Intermediate Adult Western bird- note the finely barred red tail
Photographed Glacier National Park, Montana

Eastern Red-tailed Hawk "This bird looks very much like an Eastern Canadian RT, with extensive belly band but pale throat, face, and chest and very pale uppertail coverts and upperwing covert mottling. Also has warm pale brown upperside." "Bird fits very well for Eastern Canadian RT." Per review by Jerry Liguori
The bird was photographed in Goochland County, Virginia on January 8, 2005.

An apparent Krider's x borealis intergrade found in Hyde County, North Carolina during December, 2005.
The scapular area was brown with much white mottling which was also observed on the back. The tail was lightly barred with a light rufuous wash
very pale (white) underneath with minimal belly band
The head (face and crown) were almost all white; the nape was white with minimal brown streaking;