Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Cooper's Hawk FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Accipiter cooperii SYNONYMS - Falco cooperi- Bonaparte 1828 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 9 Insufficient information, uncertain 10 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 10 Winter visitor - migrant. 3 Winter visitor - migrant. 9 PIF-2 Pri. 7, most winter n. Mexico 8 PIF Trend: Insufficient Data 8 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 7 District Reference Orange Walk 5 Stann Creek 11 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Private land, see comments Captured or Mist net January 11 Private land, see comments Sighting February 11 Private land, see comments Sighting February 11 Gallon Jug 5 Private land, see comments 6 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 6 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 11 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 6 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 6 Subtropical moist 5 General Distribution Comments 11* Mist netted at Pomona Jan 12, 1990, immature seen 6.5 km south of San Ignacio Feb. 7, 1990, adult seen at Maya Center, near Cockscomb basin, Feb 4, 1991. 9* Accidental northern semideciduous moist forest. 3* Winter visitor, fewer than five records northern hardwood forests. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 5 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 6 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 7 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 8 Working Group, Partners in Flight. 1992. Needs Assessment: Monitoring Migratory Birds. Report for Neotropical Migratory Bird Program. 9 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 10 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 11 Howell, S.N.G., B.A. Dowell, D.A. James, R.A. Behrstock and C.S. Robbins. 1992. New and noteworthy bird records from Belize. Bulletin British Orinthological Club. 112:235-244.
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