Abstract. – We developed predictive logistic models for the distribution of raptors in two areas of northwestern Spain, using different census techniques and grid size. The explanatory variables were measured on a digital map of scale 1:50.000. The variables included in the models of Baixa-Limia were mean altitude for Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) and Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus), mean slope for Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), scrub-pasture area for Black kite (Milvus migrans) and Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), forest area for European honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) and dam area for European hobby (Falco subbuteo) and Black kite. The variables included in the models of the Province of Ourense were max-min altitude for Eurasian sparrowhawk and Peregrine falcon, mean altitude for Hen harrier and Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), max-min slope for Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus), mean slope for Northern Goshawk and European hobby and scrub-pasture area for European honey-buzzard and Montagu’s harrier. It was not possible to establish logistic models on both scales for the Short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) and the Common buzzard (Buteo buteo). The predictive accuracy of the models corresponding to each of the two surveys was probably determined by the different census methodologies used in each study area, the relative ease of detection and specific behaviour of each species, the scale and the grid size, as well as the resolution of the digital cartography used.