Hawks & Eagles in Sri Lanka
Our list for Sri Lanka has 7 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sri Lanka in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusScarceRare52–60 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Black Eagle 65–80 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