Hawks & Eagles in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 11 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr
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
- 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