Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Accipitridae |
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BTO Codes:
HZ, HONBU
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EURING No: 2310 | |
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Number in Britain:
40 pairs (Summer)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
56 cm
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Wingspan: 142 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 730 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: pernes=a type of hawk and L.: apis=a bee + -vorare=to devour |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Europe & c Asia, WINTERS: s Europe to s Africa |
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Habitat:
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Open wood and forest edge |
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Diet:
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Mostly bees and wasps (Hymenoptera), also other insects, small vertebrates |
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TitBit:
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Not only is it not a buzzard, it doesn’t feed on honey, rather it spends large amounts of time on the woodland floor excavating wasp nests to feed on the grubs, the head feathers are scale-like to provide some protection against stings. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Summer:
40 pairs
in 2005-09
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First Record:
1675
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Latest Survey:
Holling, M. & RBBP (2011) British Birds 104:476-537
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Small Breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
50 to 80 thousand pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), WBD(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II), CITES(II)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
52 x 41 mm
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Egg Weight: 49.0 g (of which 7 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
6
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Clutch Size:
2 eggs
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Incubation:
30- 35 days
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by the: Female (occ. Male) |
Fledging:
40 - 44days
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Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
7
(Annual Totals)
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Adult Survival:
0.860
± 0.013
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Juvenile Survival:
0.419 (to age 2 )
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
6 years 0 months 19 days (set in 2006)
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
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Other Names |
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| European Honey Buzzard | |
| Gaelic: Clamhan-riabhach | Welsh: Bod y Mêl |
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Danish:
Hvepsevåge
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Dutch: Wespendief |
| Finnish: Mehiläishaukka | French: Bondrée apivore |
| German: Wespenbussard | Hungarian: Darázsölyv |
| Icelandic: Býþjór | Irish: Clamhán Riabhach |
| Italian: Falco pecchiaiolo | Norwegian: Vepsevåk |
| Polish: Trzmielojad zwyczajny | Portuguese: Falão-abelheiro |
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Spanish:
Abejero
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Swedish: Bivråk |
| Local Names:Bee Hawk | |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Kostrzewa, A. 1998 BWP Update 2:107-120 | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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