Reddit reviews Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors
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This is r/Biology, so it's not surprising that many here are critical of this chart. The scale is nonexistent. There's no discussion of behavior (vital to ID). It's representative of a medium selection of mostly North American birds. Most glaringly (for birders), it fails to note that most of these birds have multiple different color morphs for different ages, seasons, and genders. My favorite raptor book has like 8 pages of pics of different color morphs for Red Tails.
Still, this is cool. It's a neat way to look at wing and tail shapes, which are probably more helpful than color for identification. They're mostly good pictures. It's pretty. Nice work OP, thanks for sharing.
The enormous "fingers" are a useful clue for identifying eagles. I like this book for learning my raptors https://www.amazon.com/Hawks-Distance-Identification-Migrant-Raptors/dp/0691135592