Goshawk Northern basic information

The Goshawk is a classified as a short-wing, and the males weigh a little less than two pounds while females weigh just over two pounds. Males have a wingspan of about 39 inches, while female wingspans average 42 inches. Adult Goshawks range in color from black to blue-gray, with white underparts. The backs, heads, and wingtops tend to be gray to dark gray to near black. Goshawks' tails are gray, and their undersides are a lighter gray with gray stripes and white streaks. The tails of adults have dark stripes, usually three or four. The Goshawk has a very distinctive white band of feathers above their eyes, which are usually red-brown in adults and yellow in young birds. Juvenile Goshawks are much lighter than adults, with brown backs, heads, and wingtops and brown rather than gray streaks on their undersides.