Utah Bird Profile - Northern Goshawk

Utah Bird Profile
Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

Name Roots: (L. ad, "after", capito, "take" - for William Cooper)

In Utah:

by Jack Binch

Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:

Nests in a conifer or in a deciduous tree at a height of 20-60 (18-75) feet, in a platform nest. This species is not a cowbird host. During the breeding season, this species is a carnivore: air and ground hawker. During the non-breeding seasons this species is a carnivore: air hawker and ground hawker.

Habitat:

Breeds in Utah in lodgepole pine and lowland riparian habitats.

How to find:

| USGS Profile (Geological Survey) | US Winter Range Map | US Summer Range Map |

Occur. (UP)

(See Legend)

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