Birds of Prey in Idaho

Raptors garner our attention with amazing flights, sizes, and hunting techniques. Idaho boasts of many of these birds of prey in different habitats. They fall into six major categories: eagles, falcons, hawks, kites, owls, and vultures. Read to know their names and see pictures to understand their appearance.

List of Birds of Prey in Idaho

Eagles

• Bald Eagle
• Golden Eagle

Falcons

• American Kestrel
• Crested Caracara
• Gyrfalcon
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Prairie Falcon

Hawks

• Broad-winged Hawk
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Harrier
• Osprey
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Swainson’s Hawk

Kites

• White-tailed Kite

Owls

• American Barn Owl
• Barred Owl
• Boreal Owl
• Burrowing Owl
• Flammulated Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Northern Pygmy-Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Snowy Owl
• Western Screech-Owl

Vultures

• Turkey Vulture