Pernis apivorus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) is an insectivorous bird of prey in the family Accipitridae breeding in Europe and western Asia, and wintering in Africa. The European honey buzzard was formally described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae. He placed it with the falcons and eagles in the genus Falco and coined the binomial name Falco apivorus. Linnaeus cited earlier works including the 1678 description by the English naturalist Francis Willughby and the 1713 description by John Ray.
The European honey buzzard is one of four species now placed in the genus Pernis that was described by Georges Cuvier in 1816. It is a monotypic species, with no subspecies being recognised. The genus is more closely related to kites in the genera Leptodon and Chondrohierax, than to the true buzzards in Buteo.
The binomen is derived from Ancient Greek pernes πέρνης, a term used by Aristotle for a bird of prey, and Latin apivorus "bee-eating", from apis, "bee" and -vorus, "-eating". In the 19th century, it was also sometimes known as the 'pern' or 'common pern', from the scientific name.
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| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Ranua Wildlife Park | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Heinola bird sanctuary | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 4 | Lusen National Park Centre | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Wisentgehege Springe | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Tallinn Zoo | 🇪🇪 Estonia | |
| 7 | Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 8 | Minsk Zoo | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 9 | Wildpark Tannenbusch | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 11 | Alpenzoo Innsbruck | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 12 | Ивановский зоопарк | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 13 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 14 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 15 | Birding center in Eilat | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 16 | Дэльфінарый | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Honey-buzzard sighting in Kazan on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 66th most-seen of the 85 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Honey-buzzard in Kazan on a given day, against under 5% in June and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most European Honey-buzzard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 26
Of the 26 cities where we can rate European Honey-buzzard sightings, Kazan ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 20%), Ramallah (Palestine, about 10%) and Istanbul (Turkey, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Honey-buzzard is recorded against all the birds logged in Kazan (8 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
