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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. ruficollis''<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Dist. Jamnagar, Gujarat, [[India]], December | + | [[Image:oriental_honey_buzzard_alok.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''P. p. ruficollis''<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Dist. Jamnagar, Gujarat, [[India]], 20 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== | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 30 November 2020
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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