Hawks & Eagles in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 14 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Rough-legged Hawk 46–59 cm
- Northern Goshawk 46–61 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 cm
- Cinereous Vulture 98–120 cm
Body 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