Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - HBW 2, p. 161
French: Épervier de Cooper
German: Rundschwanzsperber
Spanish: Gavilán de Cooper
Other common names: Big Blue Darter, Chicken Hawk
Taxonomy: Falco cooperii Bonaparte, 1828, Bordentown, New Jersey.
Forms superspecies with A. gundlachi, A. bicolor and A. chilensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: USA and S Canada. Winters from N USA to C America, regularly as far S as Honduras, occasionally to Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird calling softly several times. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 5 March 2009 15 weeks ago 5 -
A bird calling. Locality Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 26 April 2009 15 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one male. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 3 March 2009 15 weeks ago 4
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