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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:

The Cooper's Hawk may be the most commonly misidentified raptor in the province. The smaller males are often mistaken for large Sharp-shinned females, while the females are in turn confused with small male Northern Goshawks. The Cooper's Hawk is an excellent hunter, its long tail and strong wingbeats particularly well adapted to chasing avian quarry through its preferred woody habitat. Cooper's Hawks range from central British Columbia, central Saskatchewan, central Ontario, and the Maritimes, south to northern Mexico, southern Texas, and the Gulf coast, and winter from southern British Columbia, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, southern Ontario, and New England, south through the southern US and Mexico to Honduras.

While most characteristic of the aspen groves and woodlots of the parklands, the Cooper's Hawk also occurs locally in the wooded coulees and riparian forests of the grasslands, the wooded draws of the Cypress Hills, and in the forest fragments of the southern boreal region. Migrating Cooper's Hawks are uncommon throughout the treeless plains (Smith 1996).

The Cooper's Hawk is a fairly common summer resident of southern Saskatchewan. It is also fairly common in wooded draws of the Cypress Hills and in forest fragments of the south Boreal (Smith 1996).

Original text by Stéphane Gérard. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky

Read more about the Cooper's Hawk in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.

LeeAnn M. Latremouille

Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Cooper's Hawk in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=COHA&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]