| 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 |