Hawks & Eagles in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 8 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 6 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentRare44–52 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
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