Ferruginous Hawk Identifying Features

black bill with bluish base
yellow cere
large, long yellow gape

white remiges on underwing
with gray edge
black tips on primaries
(color and amount of barring
on coverts varies greatly)

feathered legs
(color varies)

light and dark morphs

There is a great deal of
individual variation
in the plumage of light morphs.
Some authors identify two
intermediate morphs.

Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center, Oregon	black bill with bluish base yellow cere large, long yellow gape
Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center, Oregon	white remiges on underwing with gray edge black tips on primaries (color and amount of barring on coverts varies greatly)
Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center, Oregon	feathered legs (color varies)
Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center, Oregon Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center, Oregon	light and dark morphs There is a great deal of individual variation in the plumage of light morphs. Some authors identify two intermediate morphs.