A soot-colored hawk with massively broad wings, the Common Black Hawk cuts a distinctive profile in wet wooded habitats along rivers and streams of the southwestern U.S. The adult's black plumage is offset by a broad white tail band and yellow bill and legs. Juveniles are streaky brown.

May 6, 2023 · The adult Cooper’s hawk has a bluish-gray back, a black cap, a reddish-brown chest, and underparts. Juveniles have brown upper parts and streaked underparts. Their beak shape is sharp, hooked, and adapted for capturing and killing prey.

The common black hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and vultures. The adult common black-hawk is 43–53 cm (17–21 in) long and weighs 930 g (33 oz) on average. …

A soot-colored hawk with massively broad wings, the Common Black Hawk cuts a distinctive profile in wet wooded habitats along rivers and streams of the southwestern U.S. The adult's black plumage is offset by a broad white tail band and yellow bill and legs.

Apr 28, 2009 · Adult Common Black Hawks are slaty black or very dark, sooty gray overall. Their short tail is black and has a single broad white band and a white tip. Juveniles have spotting and streaks on their dark brown upperparts and dark blotches on their buff to whitish underparts.

In the arid southwest, this hawk is limited to the edges of flowing streams. A bulky bird, with very broad wings, short tail, and long legs, it usually hunts low along streams, even wading in the water at times, catching fish, frogs, and other small creatures.

Apr 1, 1998 · Common Black Hawks are rare in the U.S. but common in Mexico and southward. They typically perch over water and drop down swiftly to take prey, such as crayfish and fish.</p>

The Common Black Hawk (Mexican Hawk), the Great Black Hawk (Brazilian Eagle), and the Zone-tailed Hawk. While the Great Black Hawk is the largest and heaviest, at almost twice the weight of the others, the Zone-tailed Hawk has the largest wingspan of 55 inches.

The Common Black Hawk is a raptor of the tropics, widespread there but barely reaching the US in the Southwest and mostly in Arizona. Small populations breed in New Mexico and southwestern Utah, and some birds are found in south Texas in the winter.

An aptly-named entirely black hawk with broad wings and short tail with a distinct white band. Flight feathers are slightly paler and it has long yellow legs and yellow on the base of the bill. Immature birds are streaky brown with dark moustache and pale eyebrow.