Broad-winged Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | ||
| Adult | |||
orangish brown iris | dark brown iris | | |
top of wing uniformly brown | black & white checked on top of wings red on shoulder  | | |
| broad light-colored tail band  | narrow white bands on tail | ||
| narrow dark bars across the secondaries and inner primaries  | rufous barring on underside of wing | ||
| Juvenile | |||
| no reddish panel in primaries  | reddish panel in primaries (spread wing)  | ||
| | narrow dark bars across the secondaries and inner primaries of underside of wing  | black and white bars on underwing  | |
| malar mark on cheek pale bluish spot on lower part of upper mandible  | no malar mark whitish supercilium  | ||
| Two types of tails: 1) narrow dark banded 2) similar to adult  | Narrow pale bands | ||
| Fledgling | |||
malar mark on cheek | no malar mark whitish supercilium  | ||
| narrow dark bars across the secondaries and inner primaries of underside of wing  | black and white bars on underwing  | ||
| red on wing, but no reddish panel in primaries  | reddish panel in primaries (spread wing)  | ||
| Nestling | |||
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| Go to broad-winged hawks |
| Go to red-shouldered hawks |