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