Cooper's Hawk
Astur cooperii(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1828)
English (US) Cooper's Hawk
The Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: woodland of southern Canada and USA; winters to Central AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Astur cooperii
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cooper's Hawk
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco cooperii
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1828)
- Type locality
- Near Bordentown, N. J.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States not given by Wilson with figures drawn engraved and coloured from nature by Charles Lucien Bonaparte 2 p.1 pl.10 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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