Hawks & Eagles in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 11 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 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