Hawks & Eagles in Albania
Our list for Albania has 10 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisScarceUncommon46–61 cm
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made