bcintbird-pics Interesting Red-tailed Hawk

Attached is a picture of a Red-tailed hawk but it was cropped from quite a
distance so quality is wanting. But I find it interesting. Note the broad
white supercilium and white throat. The sides of the breast have large brown
blobs but I could not see the breast. At least the distal half of the tail
is rufous. It is difficult to be sure if the whole tail is rufous or whether
the proximal section is at least partially gray. There seems to be some
rufous in that half as well. The body seems to be more blackish brown than
rufous.

I am wondering if this is a possible light morph intergrade between B.J.
harlani and B.j. calurus. The head seems to have more rufous than in harlani
but I just don't know what varies in these intergrades if indeed this is
one.  Any opinions are of interest as I have no solid answer.

 

Rick Howie

Kamloops

 

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