Rough-legged Hawk Identifying Features


Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
small bill
light facial mask

Photo by Marge Gibson

Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
feathered legs
small feet
(photo of profile showing
wing length needed)
long wings reaching tip of tail
Photo by Barry Ulman
carpal patch on underside of wings
(light morph)

Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
wide, dark subterminal band on tail

Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center


Light phase
dark brown iris
dark line over eyes
pale forehead mask
bib

There is a great deal of individual variation in the plumage of
light morph rough-legged hawks.

Photo by Pat Fisher
Dark Phase
white facial mask
dark head & body plumage
long large black carpal patches on underside of wings (not shown)