Pete, this thing is black as can be. I didn't see any red in its tail and the tail appeared to be on the long side for a red tail. I looked in my National Geo Filed guide and saw the markings for the juvey zone tail and thought that was what it was. I just looked at the markings again and your right, it doesn't have the dark wing markings. I have seen dark morphs { are you happy now Steve} before, but, never one this black.