Hawks & Eagles in Luxembourg
Our list for Luxembourg has 7 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Luxembourg in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceUncommon41–52 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 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
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