Crested honey buzzard - عقاب العسل المقنزعة ,عقاب العسل الحوامة European Honey Buzzard
The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) / The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
*The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)/ The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This species is also known as the Oriental honey buzzard.
*In Kuwait the European honey buzzard / crested honey buzzard is a Rare, Non-breeder, Winter Migrant .
*حوام النحل الشرقي (باللاتينية: pernis ptilorhyncus) (بالإنجليزية: Oriental Honey Buzzard) تنتمي الي فصيلة البازية (باللاتينية: Accipitridae)، يسمى أيضا حوام النحل المتوج (بالإنجليزية: Crested Honey Buzzard) أو حوام النحل الآسيوي، هو طائر جارح و حوام. (عقاب , بوحقب
حوام النحل الأوربي أو حوام النحل (الاسم العلمي: Pernis apivorus) (بالإنجليزية: European Honey Buzzard)، هو طائر جارح ينتمي إلى البازية (فصيلة: Accipitridae) . يتميز هذا الطائر الجارح بكونه يحصل على 90٪ من غذائه من أعشاش الدبابير والنحل البري. يترقب ويتتبع هذه الحشرات إلى أعشاشها فيأكل العسل واليرقات
Description
Despite its name, this species is not related to Buteo buzzards, and is taxonomically closer to the kites. It appears long-necked with a small head (resembling that of a pigeon), and soars on flat wings. The head lacks a strong superciliary ridge, giving it a facial appearance very unlike a raptor. It has a long tail and a short head crest. It is brown above, but not as dark as European honey buzzard, and paler below. A dark throat stripe is present. 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.
It breeds in Asia from central Siberia east to Japan. It is a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in tropical Southeast Asia. Elsewhere, it is more-or-less resident. It is a specialist feeder, living mainly on the larvae of social bees and wasps, and eating bits of comb and honey; it takes other small insect prey such as cicadas.
The crested honey buzzard breeds in woodland, and is inconspicuous except in the spring, when the mating display includes wing-clapping. The display of roller-coasting in flight and fluttering wings at the peak of the ascent are characteristic of the genus Pernis.
It is larger and longer-winged than its western counterpart, the European honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus.
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