Hawks & Eagles in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 12 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Dec–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
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 cm
- Cinereous Vulture 98–120 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