SWAINSON SPARROWHAWK WorldChange speciesLIGHT MORPHIC ADULT123456789101112131415AccipitriformesAccipitridaeSwain's Gavilian The size of the red-tailed falcon, but larger in size. It is found in prairies and agricultural regions of the western United States and Canada and only in the warm months. It varies in color from quite pale with white belly to completely brown. The clear shape is more common, it has a brown band on the chest that contrasts with the white throat and belly. In flight from below, notice the dark primaries and secondaries that contrast with the whitish of the front wing in the light form. It winters mostly in South America, in small numbers in the Pacific lowlands of Mexico and Central America.