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Oriental Honey Buzzard with honeycomb in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. About 57–60 cm (22–24 in) in size, the crested honey buzzard is a medium-sized [10]: 82 raptor. The head lacks a strong superciliary ridge, giving it a facial appearance very unlike a raptor. It appears long-necked with a small head resembling that of a pigeon.
Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), also known as the Oriental honey buzzard, a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in tropical south east Asia; Barred honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis), found in Indonesia and the Philippines; Henicopernis, a genus of raptors, consisting of:
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The similarity in plumage between juvenile European honey buzzard and common buzzard may have arisen as a partial protection against predation by Eurasian goshawks. Although that formidable predator is capable of killing both species, it is likely to be more cautious about attacking the better protected Buteo species, with its stronger bill and ...
European honey buzzard or Eurasian honey buzzard Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) migratory: breeding Europe and western Asia, wintering Africa: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Crested honey buzzard, eastern or oriental honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)
Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus; Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni; Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes; Red-headed vulture, Sarcogyps calvus; Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus; White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis (Ex) [5] Himalayan griffon, Gyps himalayensis; Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus (A) Crested serpent-eagle, Spilornis cheela
P. steerei is one of four species of honey-buzzards in Pernis.The common name of the genus likely stems from their diet of bee and wasp larvae. Originally considered a subspecies of Pernis celebensis, [3] [4] the Philippine honey-buzzard was recently recognised as its own species in light of mitochondrial DNA evidence [6] showing 3.3% genetic distance [7] between the two birds.
Sulawesi honey-buzzard, Pernis celebensis; Philippine honey-buzzard, Pernis steerei; Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhyncus; Long-tailed honey-buzzard, Henicopernis longicauda; Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni; Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata; Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes; Sulawesi serpent-eagle, Spilornis rufipectus (E)