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Cooper's Hawk, Visitor's Center, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Near San Antonio, New Mexico
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. |
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COOPER'S HAWK FACTS
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Description
Cooper's Hawk is dark gray or gray-brown with darker crown. The tail is crossed by several dark bands, with a white band at its tip. The underparts are streaked reddish and white. The legs are yellow. It has orange or red eyes.
Size
length 39cm - 50cm. Wingspan: 62cm - 90cm
Environment
deciduous forest, coniferous forests, suburban and urban areas.
Food
eats medium-sized birds and mammals.
Breeding
Builds an open bowl of sticks lined with bark. The nest is built in the fork of a tree or on a branch against the trunk, it may build on an old bird nest or squirrel nest. The female lays 3-5 white or bluish-white eggs.
Range
Breeds across southern Canada, United States, and northern and central Mexico. Winters in the United States and Mexico.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Falconiformes | | Family: | Accipitridae | | Genus: | Accipiter | | Species: | cooperii | | Common Name: | Cooper's Hawk |
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Goshawk (A. gentilis)
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