honey buzzard
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (genus Pernis): pern
- (species Pernis ptilorhynchus): oriental honey buzzard
Derived terms
[edit]- barred honey buzzard
- black honey buzzard
- crested honey buzzard
- European honey buzzard
- long-tailed honey buzzard
- oriental honey buzzard
- philippine honey buzzard
Translations
[edit]bird of genus Pernis
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Pernis apivorus
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bird of genus henicopernis
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Further reading
[edit]honey buzzard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “*honey?buzzard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
