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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[White-winged Scoter]]'''</div>
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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Crane Hawk]]'''</div>
[[Image:Velvet_Scoter.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Male White-winged Scoter (American)<br />Photo by {{user|digitalbirder|digitalbirder}}]]
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[[Image:Crane_Hawk.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=44584 Rogerio Araújo Dias]''']]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
51-58cm<br />
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38–54 cm (15-54 in)
'''Male'''
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*Grey underparts with fine white bars (see variation)
*Black overall plumage
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*Grey above
*White 'tear drop' just behind the eye
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*Grey head
*Long yellow bill
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*Black and white barred, white tipped tail
*Thick neck
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*Long orange legs and feet
*Pointed tail<br />
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*Black talons
'''Female'''
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*Grey hooked bill
*Dusky brown upperparts
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*Eyes red or pale depending on location
*Scaly-looking brownish-grey underparts
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*In flight shows one white band across base of primaries (or two in immatures)
*Two pale spots in the head, one on the [[Topography#Heads|auriculars]], one between eye and bill<br />
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*Immatures of all forms have paler underside with barring and pale streaking in head and neck; many have pale eyes
'''Juvenile''' a paler version of female
 
  
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Revision as of 19:28, 30 June 2015

Featured Article: Crane Hawk

Identification

38–54 cm (15-54 in)

  • Grey underparts with fine white bars (see variation)
  • Grey above
  • Grey head
  • Black and white barred, white tipped tail
  • Long orange legs and feet
  • Black talons
  • Grey hooked bill
  • Eyes red or pale depending on location
  • In flight shows one white band across base of primaries (or two in immatures)
  • Immatures of all forms have paler underside with barring and pale streaking in head and neck; many have pale eyes

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