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An adult Cooper's hawk that has caught a common starling, one of the most widely taken prey for this species. Birds are by far the leading prey for Cooper's hawks in most areas. A wide diversity of birds, considerably over 250 species, are known to be taken, constituting more than three-quarters of known prey species for these hawks.
Adult female in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Kestrel resting in an apple tree. The American kestrel ( Falco sparverius ), is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. Formerly called "sparrowhawk", a misnomer as it is a true falcon and is unrelated genetically to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus .
American goshawk predate other accipiters such as the 136 g (4.8 oz) sharp-shinned hawk and the 440 g (0.97 lb) Cooper's hawk. [ 127 ] [ 49 ] Among Buteo hawks, the adults of 424 g (15.0 oz) broad-winged hawk ( Buteo platypterus ), 610 g (1.34 lb) red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) and the 1,065 g (2.348 lb) red-tailed hawk are known to be ...
Cooper's Hawk. Living in woodlands, this hawk is known for agility darting between trees. Cooper's hawks teach us speed and stealth. Their presence says we must act fast and decisively on ...
It was a hawk that was making swift strafing runs at the turkey brood. What would the mother hen do? A flash of motion caught my attention. It was a hawk that was making swift strafing runs at the ...
Sharp-shinned hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808: 159 White-breasted hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter chionogaster (Kaup, 1852) 160 Plain-breasted hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter ventralis Sclater, PL, 1866: 161 Rufous-thighed hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter erythronemius (Kaup, 1850) 162 Cooper's hawk: Accipitridae: Astur cooperii ...
Left to right: Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk (not to scale). 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 (also called a quail hawk), the sharp-shinned hawk, and the Buteo species red-tailed hawk.
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