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American Goshawk
Accipiter atricapillus
Other common names: Northern Goshawk
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G5
State (S-rank): S3
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Species range
(Behle et al. (1985) wrote that this species occurs "throughout the state" in proper habitat. Records sugggestive of breeding are known from 24 of the 29 counties in Utah, including all of the "corner" counties. Nesting has been confirmed in 11 counties: Cache, Weber, Summit, Duchesne, Wasatch, Utah, Tooele, Millard, Beaver, Piute, and Washington. G.V. Oliver 2001)
Habitat
Occurs in Utah principally in montane conifer-aspen forest (to treeline) (White et al. 1965, Hayward et al. 1976, Behle 1981, Behle et al. 1985), where "thick stands of conifers and aspen groves near permanent water are favored nesting sites" (Behle 1981), but occasionally nests in narrow-leaf cottonwoods along streams in lower valleys as low as about 5600 ft. elevation (White et al. 1965). Behle (1981) mentioned two individuals, at different localities, that were found in "juniper-pinyon forest"; these two observations, however, were apparently outside the breeding season, possibly in late September.
