Juvenile Cooper’s hawk can show the same overall markings, but no malar stripe; shorter, barred wings and much longer tail give a different shape.

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America ... Undersides with rufous barring, undertail is white. Juvenile: brown above, with rufous edges and white spots on upperwing coverts.

Tagged juvenile female Cooper’s Hawk from our study that died from a vehicle collision on Interstate 25 in Belen, New Mexico during her initial dispersal from her natal site. This was a ...