#1263 · 🐦 birds

Cooper's Hawk

🇳🇱 Coopers Sperwer ·Astur cooperii

🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Cooper's hawk ( Astur cooperii ) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter . As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female. The birds found east of the Mississippi River tend to be larger on average than the birds found to the west. It is easily confused with the smaller but similar sharp-shinned hawk. ( Accipiter...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 161,936iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).