Hawks & Eagles in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 11 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–May
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
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 cm
- Griffon Vulture 93–122 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