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Alternative name: Crested Honey Buzzard

Includes: Sunda Honeybuzzard

Subspecies P. p. torquatus
Photo © by the late Laurence Poh
near Ipoh, Malaysia

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

Subspecies P. p. ruficollis
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dist. Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, 20 December 2017

Not easy to distinguish from European Honey Buzzard, which overlap in the Middle East^[1].

Distribution

Siberia east to Japan and south to India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and The Philippines. Northern populations are migratory

Taxonomy

Considered conspecific with European Honey Buzzard by some authors.

Reference [5] notes that differences in DNA and morphology support a split into 2 species: "Oriental Honeybuzzard" (strict sense), P. orientalis, with subspecies orientalis, philippensis and ruficollis; and "Sunda Honeybuzzard", P. ptilorhynchus with palawanensis, ptilorhynchus and torquatus. Some sources think this should be three species.

Subspecies

Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:

P. p. orientalis: "Northern Honeybuzzard". South Siberia to Mongolia and Japan; winters to Greater Sundas
P. p. ruficollis: "Indomalayan Honeybuzzard". India and Sri Lanka to south west China, Myanmar and south-east Asia except the Malaysia Peninsula.
P. p. philippensis: "Indomalayan Honeybuzzard". North and east Philippines
P. p. palawanensis: "Sunda Honeybuzzard". South Philippines (Palawan and Calauit)
P. p. torquatus: "Sunda Honeybuzzard". Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
P. p. ptilorhynchus: "Sunda Honeybuzzard" Java

Habitat

Subspecies P. p. orientalis : Migrating female
Photo © by stoop
Yamamoto Mountain, Ojiya, Niigata, Japan, September 2011

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., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
Birdforum thread discussing separating this species from Eurasian Honey Buzzard
Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

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-;Pernis ptilorhyncus
+'''Alternative name: Crested Honey Buzzard'''
-[[Image:Oriental_Honey_Buzzard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Laurence Poh]]
-Shot near Ipoh, Malaysia
-==Identification==
-Oriental Honey Buzzard (Eastern or Crested Honey Buzzard)
-Pernis ptilorhynchus
-(considered conspecific with Western Honey-Buzzard by some authors)
-The Oriental Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. This species is also known as Oriental Honey-buzzard and Crested Honey Buzzard. It appears long-necked with a small head, and soars on flat wings. It has a long tail and a short head crest. It is brown above, but not as dark as Honey Buzzard, and paler below. There is a dark throat stripe.
+'''Includes: Sunda Honeybuzzard'''
+[[Image:Oriental_Honey_Buzzard.jpg|thumb|550px|right| Subspecies ''P. p. torquatus''<br /> Photo &copy; by the late  '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/951/cat/500 Laurence Poh]'''<br />near Ipoh, [[Malaysia]]]]
-Unusually for a large bird of prey, the sexes can be distinguished. 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 Honey Buzzard.
+;[[:Category:Pernis|Pernis]] ptilorhynchus
+==Identification==
+–68 cm (20½-26¾ in)<br />
+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====
+[[Image:oriental_honey_buzzard_alok.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''P. p. ruficollis''<br />Photo &copy; 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>.
 ==Distribution==
-It breeds in Asia from central Siberia east to Japan. It is a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in tropical south east Asia. Elsewhere it is more-or-less resident. Breeds in eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, China, Korea and Japan. Also breeds from north-west India to Burma and southern China and south to the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
+[[Siberia]] east to [[Japan]] and south to [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Indonesia]] and The [[Philippines]]. Northern populations are migratory
+==Taxonomy==
+Considered [[Dictionary_A-C#C|conspecific]] with [[European Honey Buzzard]] by some authors.
-==Taxonomy==
+Reference [[#References|[5]]] notes that differences in DNA and morphology support a split into 2 species: "Oriental Honeybuzzard" (strict sense), ''P. orientalis'', with subspecies ''orientalis'', ''philippensis'' and ''ruficollis''; and "Sunda Honeybuzzard", ''P. ptilorhynchus'' with ''palawanensis'', ''ptilorhynchus'' and ''torquatus''. Some sources think this should be three species.
-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 and philippensis in the Philippines.
+====Subspecies====
+Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]:
+*''P. p. orientalis'': "'''Northern Honeybuzzard'''". South [[Siberia]] to [[Mongolia]] and [[Japan]]; winters to [[Greater Sundas]]
+*''P. p. ruficollis'': "'''Indomalayan Honeybuzzard'''". [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] to south west [[China]], [[Myanmar]] and south-east [[Asia]] except the Malaysia Peninsula.
+*''P. p. philippensis'': "'''Indomalayan Honeybuzzard'''". North and east [[Philippines]]
+*''P. p. palawanensis'': "'''Sunda Honeybuzzard'''". South [[Philippines]] (Palawan and Calauit)
+*''P. p. torquatus'': "'''Sunda Honeybuzzard'''". [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]]
+*''P. p. ptilorhynchus'': "'''Sunda Honeybuzzard'''" [[Java]]
 ==Habitat==
-The Oriental Honey Buzzard breeds in woodland
+[[Image:Oriental_Honey_Buzzard_by_stoop.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''P. p. orientalis'' : Migrating female <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|stoop|stoop}}<br />Yamamoto Mountain, Ojiya, Niigata, [[Japan]], September 2011]]
+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.
-It is inconspicuous except in the spring, when the mating display includes wing-clapping. It is larger and longer winged than its western counterpart, Honey Buzzard, Pernis apivorus.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
+#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=53882 Birdforum thread] discussing separating this species from Eurasian Honey Buzzard
+#{{Ref-Eatonetal21}}
+==External Links==
+{{GSearch|"Pernis ptilorhynchus" {{!}} "Oriental Honey Buzzard" {{!}} "Crested Honey Buzzard"}}
+{{GS-checked}}1
+<br />
+<br />
-==External Links==
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pernis]]
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?stype=1&si=honey-buzzard&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=998&ppuser=&[email protected]&password= View more images of Oriental Honey Buzzard in the gallery]
-[[Category:Birds]]