| Ferruginous | Red-tailed | Rough-legged | Swainson’s | |
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| Eyes | orange brown to dark brown iris |  brown to dark brown iris |  |  |
| Beak |  with bluish base |  with bluish base | small beak |  with bluish base |
| Head |  |  |  dark malar area long, narrow bright yellow gape | yellow cere |
| Feet/legs |  |  |  small feet | |
| Wings |  white underside |  |  (light morph) long wings reaching tip of tail | dark gray remiges 4 emarginated primaries |
| Tail |  |  |  subterminal band |  |
| Markings |  (missing on some races) |  |
| Go to ferruginous hawk |
| Go to red-tailed hawk |
| Go to rough-legged hawk |
| Go to swainson’s hawk |