Listen to the Cooper's hawk
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About the Cooper's hawk
The Cooper's hawk is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Wikidata describes it as “North American native hawk”. Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 80 cm.
What does the Cooper's hawk sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call, begging call and alarm call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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 striatus).
Related birds in the genus Accipiter
More from the family Accipitridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Cooper's hawk sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Cooper's hawk on this page, including its call, begging call and alarm call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Cooper's hawk endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Cooper's hawk as “least concern”.
What family does the Cooper's hawk belong to?
The Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call · Laurelwood Park, San Mateo County… by J. R. – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call · Laurelwood Park, San Mateo County, California, United States by J. R. – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call, call · Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, United States by Diana Doyle – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q862896 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Cooper's hawk – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Mykola Swarnyk – CC BY-SA 3.0