Editing Harris's hawk (section)

==Description==
[[File:Gavilán mixto en barrio Savoia, City Bell, La Plata, Argentina IMG 6649.jpg|thumb|left|Juvenile, at La Plata, Argentina]]
This medium-large [[hawk]] is roughly intermediate in size between a [[peregrine falcon]] (''Falco peregrinus'') and a [[red-tailed hawk]] (''Buteo jamaicensis''). Harris's hawks range in length from {{convert|46|to|59|cm|in|abbr=on}} and generally have a wingspan of about {{convert|103|to|120|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Mikos>{{cite book |last=Udvardy |first=Miklos D. F. |title=National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds 'Western Region' |year=2001 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing |isbn=978-0-679-42851-0}}</ref><ref>Clark, W. S. and B. K. Wheeler (1987). ''A Field Guide to Hawks of North America''. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</ref> These hawks have a brownish plumage, reddish shoulders, and tail feathers with a white base and white tip.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Harris's Hawk - Appearance |journal=Birds of the World |year=2015 |doi=10.2173/bow.hrshaw.01 |s2cid=216204185 |url=https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/hrshaw/introduction |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 22, 2018 |last1=Dwyer |first1=James F. |last2=Bednarz |first2=James C. }}</ref>

They exhibit [[sexual dimorphism]] with the females being larger by about 35%. In the United States, the average weight for adult males is about {{convert|701|g|lb|abbr=on}}, with a range of {{convert|546|to|850|g|lb|abbr=on}}, while the adult female average is {{convert|1029|g|lb|abbr=on}}, with a range of {{convert|766|to|1633|g|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dunning |first=John B. Jr. |title=CRC Handbook of Avian Masses |year=1993 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-8493-4258-5}}</ref><ref name= Hamerstrom>Hamerstrom, F. (1978). "External sex characters of Harris' Hawks in winter". ''Raptor Res.'' 12:1–14.</ref> They have dark brown [[plumage]] with chestnut shoulders, wing linings, and thighs,<ref>{{cite book |author=National Geographic Society |title=Birds of North America |year=1983 |publisher=National Geographic Society |isbn=978-0-87044-472-2}}</ref> white on the base and tip of the tail,<ref name="Sibley">{{cite book |last=Sibley |first=David Allen |title=National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds |year=2000 |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0-679-45122-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/sibleyguidetobir00sibl_0 }}</ref> long, yellow legs, and a yellow [[beak|cere]].<ref name=rappole>{{cite book |last=Rappole |first=John H. |title=Birds of the Southwest |year=2000 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-0-89096-958-8}}</ref> The vocalizations of Harris's hawk are very harsh sounds.<ref name= Mikos/>

The lifespan of Harris's hawk is 10–12 years in the wild, though up to 25 years has been recorded in captivity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/harris-hawk |publisher=Oregon Zoo |access-date=22 November 2021 |title=Harris hawk |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621084032/https://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/harris-hawk |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Juvenile===
The juvenile Harris's hawk is heavily streaked with white or [[Buff (colour)|buff]] on the underparts, and appears much lighter than the solidly dark-breasted dark adults. When in flight, the undersides of the juveniles' wings are buff-colored with brown streaking, and the primary feathers are whitish except at their tips, giving a pale panel on the outer wing; the tail band is also paler than on adults. They can look very unlike adults at first glance, but the identical chestnut [[plumage]] is an aid for identification.<ref name="Sibley"/><ref name=rappole/>
[[File:Parabuteo unicinctus unicinctus (recorte).jpg|thumb|Adult of ''P. u. unicinctus'' in Argentina.]]