Hawks & Eagles in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 9 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Arab Emirates in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoScarceRare51–57 cm
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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