Hawks & Eagles in District of Columbia
Our list for District of Columbia has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in District of Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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