Hawks & Eagles in Rwanda
Our list for Rwanda has 6 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rwanda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- African Marsh Harrier 44–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Crowned Eagle 80–99 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