Hawks & Eagles in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 10 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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