Hawks & Eagles in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoScarceUncommon51–57 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 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