Cooper's hawk
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Cooper's hawk 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.
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Cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
Adults may be either brown-grey or blue-grey above, with a distinctive, sizable head.
An adult Cooper's hawk illustrates its midsized frame and very long tail.
Chickenhawk (bird)
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In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk, and the Bute
Cooper's hawk
…of the New York Lyceum of Natural History (later the New York Academy of Sciences) in New York City. Other common names include big blue darter and chicken hawk. Cooper's hawk was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. In 2024, a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae confirmed earlier…
Left to right: Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk (not to scale).