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Brief #
Slate-grey to dark brown upperparts with finely barred underparts and yellow eyes and legs.
Description #
Adult male has slate-grey upperparts (sometimes tending to bluish), with finely red-barred underparts, which can look plain orange from a distance; his irides are orange-yellow or orange-red. The female is much larger and has dark brown or greyish-brown upperparts, and brown-barred underparts, and bright yellow to orange irides. The juvenile is warm brown above, with rusty fringes to the upperparts; and coarsely barred or spotted brown below, with pale yellow eyes; its throat has dark streaks and lacks a mesial (midline) stripe.
Measurements #
Length: 29 - 41 cm
Wingspan: 1.1 - 3.42 m
Weight: 59 - 80 g
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