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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 52–68 cm (20½-26¾ in)<br /> | ||
The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. She is slightly larger and darker than the male. The male has a black tail with a white band, whilst the female resembles female [[European Honey Buzzard]]. | The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. She is slightly larger and darker than the male. The male has a black tail with a white band, whilst the female resembles female [[European Honey Buzzard]]. | ||
====Similar Species==== | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | [[Image:oriental_honey_buzzard_alok.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''P. p. orientalis''<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Dist. Jamnagar, Gujarat, [[India]], December-2017]] | ||
Not easy to distinguish from [[European Honey Buzzard]], which overlap in the [[Middle East]]<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | Not easy to distinguish from [[European Honey Buzzard]], which overlap in the [[Middle East]]<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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[[Siberia]] east to [[Japan]] and south to [[Indonesia]] and The [[Philippines]]. Northern populations are migratory | [[Siberia]] east to [[Japan]] and south to [[Indonesia]] and The [[Philippines]]. Northern populations are migratory | ||
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Considered conspecific with [[European Honey Buzzard]] by some authors. | Considered conspecific with [[European Honey Buzzard]] by some authors. | ||
| − | Six subspecies are recognised: ''orientalis'' breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in [[Burma]] and [[China]] | + | Six subspecies are recognised: |
| + | *''orientalis'' breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in [[Burma]] and [[China]] | ||
| + | *''ruficollis'' breeds in [[India]], [[Burma]] and southern [[China]] | ||
| + | *''torquatus'' from [[Thailand]] to Sumatra and Borneo | ||
| + | *nominate race in [[Java]] | ||
| + | *''palawanensis'' on Palawan | ||
| + | *''philippensis'' in the [[Philippines]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Oriental_Honey_Buzzard_by_stoop.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Migrating female. Ssp ''orientalis''<br />Photo by {{user|stoop|stoop}}<br />Yamamoto Mountain, Ojiya, Niigata, [[Japan]], September 2011]] | |
| + | A variety of woodland, with a preference for broadleafed trees. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
It is a specialist feeder, living mainly on the larvae and nests of wasps, although it will take other small prey. | It is a specialist feeder, living mainly on the larvae and nests of wasps, although it will take other small prey. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018) | |
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=53882 Birdforum thread] discussing separating this species from Eurasian Honey Buzzard | #[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=53882 Birdforum thread] discussing separating this species from Eurasian Honey Buzzard | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pernis+ptilorhynchus}} | {{GSearch|Pernis+ptilorhynchus}} | ||
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| + | {{Video|Oriental_Honey_Buzzard}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=896&Bird_Image_ID=351&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=896&Bird_Image_ID=351&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pernis]] [[Category:Videos]] | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 16 January 2018
Alternative name: Crested Honey Buzzard
- Pernis ptilorhynchus
Identification
52–68 cm (20½-26¾ in)
The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. She is slightly larger and darker than the male. The male has a black tail with a white band, whilst the female resembles female European Honey Buzzard.
Similar Species
Not easy to distinguish from European Honey Buzzard, which overlap in the Middle East[1].
Distribution
Siberia east to Japan and south to Indonesia and The Philippines. Northern populations are migratory
Taxonomy
Considered conspecific with European Honey Buzzard by some authors.
Six subspecies are recognised:
- orientalis breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in Burma and China
- ruficollis breeds in India, Burma and southern China
- torquatus from Thailand to Sumatra and Borneo
- nominate race in Java
- palawanensis on Palawan
- philippensis in the Philippines.
Habitat
A variety of woodland, with a preference for broadleafed trees.
Behaviour
Diet
It is a specialist feeder, living mainly on the larvae and nests of wasps, although it will take other small prey.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
- Birdforum thread discussing separating this species from Eurasian Honey Buzzard
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