Hawks & Eagles in Namibia
Our list for Namibia has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Namibia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusSummer visitorUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusScarceRare43–47 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- African Marsh Harrier 44–52 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 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