Causes of death among 88 tagged and recovered Cooper's hawks

a graph showing causes of death for 88 tagged and recovered cooper's hawks with six categories: human caused (59), unknown (14), other cooper's hawk (5), predation (5), probable starvation (3), and disease (2)
Photo By/Credit

USFWS and NPS

Date Shot/Created
02/02/2026
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Credit: USFWS (graph) and National Park Service (photo of Cooper’s Hawk); Causes of death among 88 tagged and recovered Cooper’s Hawks with data taken from Causes of Death of Female Cooper's Hawks from an Urban Setting in New Mexico, USA
Species
Accipiter cooperii
Subject tags
Birds
Raptors