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.

Population
Estimated population is 600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) [XC794271]
by Valerie Heemstra from Rock garden (near Tucson), Pima County, Arizona, United States (call, duet)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) [XC580149]
by Peter Ward and Ken Hall from Skyline Belair Estates, Pima County, Arizona, United States (begging 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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