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Ferruginous hawks are the largest of the North American buteos and are characteristic birds of open prairies and plains. Ferruginous hawks occur in two color morphs; this is the uncommon dark phase, which can be identified by the legs feathered to the toes, the pale tail, and (in flight) by pale flight feathers. This very blackish adult birds was photographed near a nest in southwestern Wyoming. Pictures of perched dark-morph birds are here.
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