Cooper's Hawk Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls
Media Player Error
Update your browser or Flash plugin
Colorado, May 14, 2012Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Calls
Media Player Error
Update your browser or Flash plugin
New Mexico, June 27, 2020Recorded by Spencer Follett / Macaulay Library
Calls
Media Player Error
Update your browser or Flash plugin
California, June 01, 2020Recorded by Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library
Calls
Media Player Error
Update your browser or Flash plugin
New Mexico, April 15, 2019Recorded by Spencer Follett / Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
Media Player Error
Update your browser or Flash plugin
New Mexico, July 10, 2020Recorded by Marky Mutchler / Macaulay Library

Sounds provided by Macaulay Library.
Listen to more sounds of this species from the ML archive.

Calls

Outside of the breeding season, Cooper’s Hawks tend to be silent. The most common call is a loud, grating cak-cak-cak, 2-5 seconds long, given by both sexes in defense of the nest. This call is also given during courtship. Males frequently make a kik call to tell their mates where they are; females make this call too, but less often. Females make a whaa call when approaching or receiving food from males. Begging fledglings give a thin, high-pitched eeeeeeee, eeeeeeee-oo, or speeeeeeeeoo call.