Hawks & Eagles in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 10 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
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