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title: "Gavilán de Cooper"
description: "Astur cooperii — Aves. Cooper's hawk (Astur cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/cooper-s-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gavilán de Cooper

> Astur cooperii — Aves. Cooper's hawk (Astur cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Astur cooperii*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 158128
- iNaturalist taxon: [1579017](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1579017)

## Names

- en: Cooper's Hawk
- de: Rundschwanzhabicht
- es: Gavilán de Cooper
- fr: Épervier de Cooper

## Countries with the most observations

US (123849), CA (16858), MX (6954), CR (25), HN (22), SV (12), PA (5), NI (4), BZ (3), GT (3)

## Summary

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).
The species was named in 1828 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in honor of his friend and fellow ornithologist, William Cooper. Other common names for Cooper's hawk include…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_hawk

## Photo

![Gavilán de Cooper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cooper-s-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Bleiman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90959694

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cooper-s-hawk?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).