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Cooper's Hawks are clever birds of prey that love to hunt for small animals. They have beautiful feathers and can fly really fast through trees to catch their dinner.
Key details
- Length
- 35-50 cm
- Wingspan
- 60-90 cm
- Weight
- 0.2-0.7 kg
- Lifespan
- 8-12 years
- Top Speed
- 65 km/h
- Clutch Size
- 3-5
- Incubation
- 30-36 days
Traits
FeatheredAerialAmbush PredatorForestCarnivorousDiurnalSpeedster
What this page adds
The Cooper's Hawk has short, rounded wings and a long tail, giving it an agile shape. Adults display a blue-gray back, dark cap, and rusty barred underparts, while juveniles are brown-backed with streaky breasts. Its relatively large head helps distinguish it from similar accipiters.
Cooper's Hawks are super agile and can even catch birds mid-flight in dense woods!
Female Cooper's Hawks are much bigger than the males, sometimes by half their weight!
Their eyes change from bright yellow in youth to fiery red as they get older!
