Hawks & Eagles in Florida
Our list for Florida has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year
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