Cooper's hawk

English

Wikispecies

A Cooper's hawk.

Etymology

Named after William Cooper.

Noun

Cooper's hawk (plural Cooper's hawks)

1. Accipiter cooperii, a medium-sized hawk found from Canada to northern Mexico.
   • 1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 105:

     However, there are certain species of hawks which are to be feared; these are the Cooper's hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk, the first being very destructive to poultry and the latter killing many wild birds.

Synonyms

• chickenhawk

Translations

hawk

• Catalan: astor de Cooper m, esparver de Cooper m
• Dutch: Coopers sperwer (nl) m
• French: épervier de Cooper m
• German: Rundschwanzsperber m
• Italian: sparviere di Cooper m
• Navajo: dzílí
• Portuguese: falcão-do-tanoeiro m
• Spanish: azor de Cooper m, gavilán de Cooper m