North American Wildlife

  Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii )



Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii photo
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.




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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