The Harris's Hawk is distinguished by reddish shoulders and legs and a dark tail with white bands.
Adults are dark brown, with reddish shoulders, wing coverts, and leg feathers. The dark tail has white at its base and a white terminal band.
It eats small mammals, birds, and lizards, and may hunt cooperatively with other hawks. It uses semi-open dry country and woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.