Hawks & Eagles in Italy
Our list for Italy has 12 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusScarceRare98–120 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Northern Goshawk 46–61 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 cm
- Cinereous Vulture 98–120 cm
Body 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