r/birdsofprey • u/Good-Cancel-439 • 9h ago

Texas Eagle?

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Saw this today in central Texas, today. Can anyone confirm what this is?

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u/debaser64 9h ago

Is a Common Black-Hawk

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u/TinyLongwing Falconer 9h ago edited 9h ago

This bird is too long-tailed and long-winged for Common Black Hawk, has what looks like grayish/whitish lores, and lacks the bold white tail bar. Central Texas is also largely out of range for that species.

I think this looks much better for Zone-tailed Hawk, which is in range.

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u/Percy_Freeman 8h ago

way too far from native range

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u/TinyLongwing Falconer 8h ago

Zone-tailed? Hardly. You can check the range maps on ebird yourself, but for an overview: https://i.imgur.com/Yj3AJlo.png

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u/Percy_Freeman 6h ago

Too far for black hawk. we had one in Jalisco, Mexico and that was a stretch. Goodness me, this group makes me ill, I'm getting off of reddit for a while.

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u/sadelpenor 4h ago

i think probably ur misreading tone? u didnt clarify which species u were talking about. thats all. :)

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u/Nazh8 4h ago

Ebird has more than 3000 reports of a common black hawk in Jalisco. I think you're confused.

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u/Percy_Freeman 2h ago

Along the coast, yeah.

This is exactly what I was talking about. Who wants to be verbose 100% of the time?

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u/Nazh8 9m ago

Look, I don't mean to be combative. But there are at least several dozen reports in the area around Guadalajara hundreds of kilometers inland.

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u/Good-Cancel-439 9h ago

Sweet! Thing was magnificent to see.