Hawks & Eagles in Costa Rica
Our list for Costa Rica has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Costa Rica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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