Hawks & Eagles in Thailand
Our list for Thailand has 7 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 6 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 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
- 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