Pernis apivorus
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a European Honey-buzzard sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 232 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Honey-buzzard in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in January.
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.
10th of 26
Of the 26 cities where we can rate European Honey-buzzard sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 20%), Ramallah (Palestine, about 10%) and Istanbul (Turkey, about 10%).
Same family: Accipitridae
The closest relatives of the European Honey-buzzard that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Accipitridae, Hawks, Eagles, and Kites) are Black-winged Kite (about 20%) and Eurasian Sparrowhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Honey-buzzard is recorded against all the birds logged in Tel Aviv (102 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.
