Hawks & Eagles in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 15 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 4 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusScarceRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Rough-legged Hawk 46–59 cm
- Northern Goshawk 46–61 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 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