Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Falconiformes
Family	Accipitridae
Genus	Accipiter (1)

Top facts

• Cooper’s hawks dive through woodland vegetation in order to catch smaller birds to eat.
• Male Cooper’s hawks are responsible for nest building and providing nearly all of the food for the female and young when breeding.
• The clutch size for Cooper’s hawk is between 2 and 6 bluish-white eggs.

Cooper's hawk is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

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1. IUCN Red List (January, 2011)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
2. CITES (January, 2011)
   http://www.cites.org