Hawks & Eagles in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 10 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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