Crested Honey Buzzard

What the Crested Honey Buzzard sounds like

Recorded by Jairam Vijayan · Call · Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Crested Honey Buzzard

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Crested Honey Buzzard

The map shades 46 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Africa, Finland, Kenya.

About the Crested Honey Buzzard

The crested honey buzzard, also known as the Oriental, Asiatic, or Eastern honey buzzard, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers. It is a fairly large raptor, larger than the European honey buzzard. The name honey buzzard is derived from their diets, which consist mainly of the larvae of bees and wasps extracted from honey combs. It is sexually dimorphic and has six subspecies.

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Easily confused with

Philippine Honey BuzzardPernis steereiThe body ranges from 52.5 cm to 55.3 cm in males and 52 cm to 59 cm in females; the wingspan is 2.1 times total length. Barred Honey BuzzardPernis celebensisThe barred honey buzzard or Sulawesi honey buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorusThe 52–60-centimetre (20–24 in)-long honey buzzard is larger and longer winged, with a 135–150-centimetre (53–59 in) wingspan, when compared to the smaller common buzzard (Buteo buteo).

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