Profile
In flight
Birds of Prey
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A wasp-nest specialist with a small dovelike head on a long neck, raiding hives the way other raptors hunt prey. Highly variable plumage makes every sighting feel like a new bird.
- Population
- widespread across Asia; long-distance migrant
- Habitat
- broadleaf and mixed forest, woodland edges, migration corridors
- Diet
- wasp and bee larvae, honeycomb, occasionally reptiles and small vertebrates
- Size
- 0.57 m
- Wingspan
- 1.35 m
