Hawk ID: Light Morph or Krider's, Douglas County?

[julieama...@gmail.com]

Good morning!

This hawk has been hanging around my work office for over a year, and I was finally able to snap a decent picture of it (despite being when the sun was setting). 

 It has a more pink-hued colored tail, but still has the dark propatagium visible in flight. It looks like a Red-tailed Hawk to me, but would this be considered a light morph or other variation?
Picture link: https://flic.kr/p/2qo4Gkh

Julie Martinez

Aurora, CO

[Ajit Antony]

That looks like a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk, eastern sub-species from the tail pattern of red with a narrow sub- terminal band, and no other bands. 

Here is a link to a similar bird, with thoughts on leucism:

https://tinyurl.com/2mv24836

Ajit Antony

Central Park,  CO

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