| Wing Character | Male | Female | ||
| Adult | Immature | Immature | Adult | |
| Scapulars | Heavily vermiculated; appear more white than dark | Lightly vermiculated and/or flecked with white; appear more dark than white | ||
| After molt: Similar to adult male | After molt: No obvious change | |||
| Tertials | Black, some flecked with white near tips, tips pointed and often drooping | Black, usually without flecking; tips pointed, usually frayed and faded | Dark brown, without flecking; tips pointed, usually frayed and faded | Black to very dark brown; without white flecking |
| Greater tertial coverts | Black, without flecking to very lightly flecked with white near tips; broadly rounded | Black to dark brown, without flecking; narrow toward tips | Dark brown, without flecking; narrow toward tips | Black to very dark brown without white flecking; broadly rounded |
| Middle and lesser coverts | Black; all are well vermiculated with white | Black to dark brown with large white flecks to small vermiculations recessed 1/8" from coverts' edge; often ragged and notched at tip | Black to dark brown, without white flecks; often ragged and notched at tip | Black to dark brown, plain or with very small white flecks concentrated near coverts' edge; broadly rounded at tip |
