Hawks & Eagles in Bangladesh
Our list for Bangladesh has 6 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bangladesh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisScarceRare65–80 cm
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusScarceRare28–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Black Eagle 65–80 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