Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

COOPER'S HAWK FACTS

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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