honey buzzard
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Honey buzzard in flight.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs
Noun
honey buzzard (plural honey buzzards)
- Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
- All species of genus Pernis
- European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa
- crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), wintering in tropical south east Asia, a summer migrant to Siberia
- barred honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis), found in Indonesia and the Philippines
- All species of genus Henicopernis
- black honey buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus), endemic to Papua New Guinea
- long-tailed honey buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda), found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- All species of genus Pernis
Synonyms
- (genus Pernis): pern
- (species Pernis ptilorhynchus): oriental honey buzzard
Derived terms
- barred honey buzzard
- black honey buzzard
- crested honey buzzard
- European honey buzzard
- long-tailed honey buzzard
- oriental honey buzzard
- philippine honey buzzard
Translations
bird of genus Pernis
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Pernis apivorus
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bird of genus henicopernis
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Further reading
honey buzzard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “*honey?buzzard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
