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Alternative name: Long-tailed Buzzard

Photo © by mehdhalaouate
Biak Island, West Papua, Indonesia, 3 January 2005

Henicopernis longicauda

Identification

Photo © by mehdhalaouate
Yapen Island, West Papua, Indonesia, 1 March 2005

Distribution

New Guinea, Aru, Yapen and Western Papuan Islands

Taxonomy

Some authorities recognize three subspecies: nominate race in New Guinea, minimus on Western Papuan Islands and Aru Island, and fraterculus on Yapen Island; other authorities consider this a monotypic species.

Habitat

Tropical forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Debus, S., G. M. Kirwan, and J. S. Marks (2020). Long-tailed Honey-buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lthbuz1.01

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Long-tailed Honey Buzzard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Long-tailed_Honey_Buzzard

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