Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Other Names (World)
Cooper's Hawk, Big Blue Darter, Chicken Hawk

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
37 - 47 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1828)

Range (Guide)

Belize, Canada (B) (P), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA (B).

Vagrant to Bermuda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) [XC819551]
by Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser from Rio Vista Natural Resources Park,Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States (begging call)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) [XC498920]
by Paul Marvin from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Sierra de San Juan--La Noria, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi), Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor) and Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - 10 files

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