Hawks & Eagles in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors
All 4, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 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