The 10-year migration count trends for the Cooper’s Hawk suggest a mix of stable and decreasing populations across North America, as 42.5% of sites recorded stable counts, and 35.7% of sites recorded decreasing counts. The remaining 23.8% of sites reported increasing counts during this period. Regionally more sites were decreasing in West and Central Regions during recent years than increasing. Twenty-year count trends reflect a mostly stable population at regional level with a mix of decreasing and increasing counts. A decreasing migration tendency may be influencing population changes observed.

Winter survey data from the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) shows increasing 10-year trends continent-wide with the annual percent change in population reported to be an increase of 3.20% from 2009-2022. However, abundance data from eBird has documented a decrease of 3% annually from 2012-2022. Declines may suggest changes in migration behavior or actual declines in some regions, but further research is needed to understand these patterns.

The Cooper’s Hawk is a Species of Least Concern as designated by the IUCN Red List, and has readily recovered from widespread North American raptor declines during the previous century, which is likely due to its ability to exploit human-altered landscapes. Increases are occurring in some suburban landscapes where birds may be less likely to migrate. Some localized threats include contaminants, disease, and shooting.