Pernis ptilorhynchus, commonly called the Oriental Honey-buzzard, is both a resident and migratory species in the Indian subcontinent.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Pernis ptilorhyncus (Temminck, 1821) |
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📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Kites, hawks and eagles
SubSpecies Varieties Races
a)Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis Taczanowski, 1891 - S Siberia E to Amurland and Sakhalin, S to Manchuria, Japan and possibly Korea; winters S to SE Asia, Indonesia and Philippines.
b) Pernis ptilorhynchus philippensis Mayr, 1939 - N & E Philippines.
c) Pernis ptilorhynchus palawanensis Stresemann, 1940 - Palawan and Calauit (W Philippines).
d) Pernis ptilorhynchus torquatus Lesson, 1831 - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
e) Pernis ptilorhynchus ptilorhyncus ( Temminck, 1821) - Java.
f) Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis Lesson, 1830 - India and Sri Lanka E through Burma to SC China (Yunnan).
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
References
Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.URL: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=824109. Accessed on 24th February, 2012.
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📚 Natural History
Reproduction
Breeding season: February in South India. April to June in the rest of the Indian subcontinent.
Courtship behaviour: Aerial displays with birds circling or showing swift undulating rollercoaster-like flight with a characteristic fluttering of wings at peak of the ascent.
Nesting site: Tree tops at a height of 6-28 metres above the ground.
Nest: Large stick platforms about 80cm in diameter and lined with leaves.
Clutch size: 2 eggs.
Eggs: Colour either white or buff bltched with red or chestnut brown.
Incubation period: 28-35 days.
Parental investment: Both sexes share parental duties.
Morphology
A large but slender kite with small head, narrow neck, long and broad wings and tail, small crest, and distinctive scale-like feathers around the eyes and forehead. Adults show extremely variable plumage colour and patterns, but in general they have a grey head, and greyish brown body above. Underwing coverts and underparts can range from white to rufous to dark-brown, and can be unmarked, streaked, blotched or mottled.
Sexes alike. Males have a greyer face, and darker brown iris. Females have browner face and yellow iris.
Juveniles have dark iris, yellow cere, finer and less distinct banding across undersides.
Behaviour
A very secretive bird, it is usually spotted only in their breeding season. Usually seen singly or in pairs soaring or perched on tree tops. Sometimes forms small flocks to roost or migrate in search of food.
It's call is a single high-pitched screaming whistle.
Juveniles mimic the larger Hawk Eagles, in their range, for protection against predation by larger raptors.
Trophic Strategy
Carnivore.
Feeds mainly on honey and the larvae, pupae and adults of socail bees, wasps and hornets from live combs. Occassionally will also feed on other insects like cicadas, reptiles, frogs, small young or injured birds and small mammals.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
A. Global:
Habitat systems: Terrestrial.
Forest Dependency: Medium.
Altitude: 0 - 1800 m.
Altitudinal limits: (max) 3000 m.
General Habitats: Forest - Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane; Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry; Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations.
Breeding Habitats: Artificial landscapes (terrestrial) - Plantations; Forest - Subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest, Subtropical/tropical montane moist forest, Temperate forest.
Passage Habitats: Grassland - Subtropical/tropical (lowland) dry grassland.
B. Indian subcontinent:
Well-wooded country, groves and cultivation in semi-urban areas.
Inhabits well wooded country and groves in semi-urban areas. Usually seen singly or in pairs, soaring or perched on a tree top.
Description
Distribution size (in km2): 7,990,000.
Global range:
North East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines
Indian subcontinent range:
Indus valley to Assam valley, S Assam hills (E Meghalaya, N Cachar, S Nagaland, Manipur), Peninsula to Sri Lanka, Andamans, Ladakh, Himalayas of Nepal, Mhow & Bhundara (Madhya Pradesh), Nander ( N Andhra Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Mangpu (W Bengal), Charduar (Assam), Maldives
Global Distribution
India
Distribution In India
Resident and winter migrant throughout the subcontinent
Distribution In Assam
Migratory in Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern (ver 3.1)
Year Published: 2009
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Reviewer/s: Bird, J., Butchart, S.
Legislation
CITES Status
Appendix II
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) India Listed Species:Yes. Appendix:II.
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Global Listed Species:Yes. Appendix:II.
AEWA (Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds) Listed Species:Yes. Appendix:II.
IWPA (Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972) Listed Species:No.
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. Denis Lepage, Bird Checklists of the World, Avibase and Bird Links to the World. URL: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1192205BDCBB11D2. Accessed on April 2nd, 2012.
- 'CITES species database'. UNEP-WCMC. 17 April, 2012. UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species. URL: http://www.unep-wcmc-apps.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/fa_user.cfm#appendix
- Grimmett, R, Inskipp, C and Inskipp, T. 'Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'. Oxford University Press, 1999. Plate 68, Page 164.
- Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Dec 2012.
- 'List of birds of Tamil Nadu'. Wikipedia. Last modified on 27 December 2011. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 27th March, 2012.
- Ali, Salim. 'The book of Indian Birds'. Bombay Natural History Society, 2002. 13: Plate 11, Page 95.
- Wildscreen. 2003. "ARKive: Images of Life on Earth" (On-line). Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus). Accessed January 05, 2013 at http://www.arkive.org/oriental-honey-buzzard/pernis-ptilorhyncus/
- 'Endemic Birds'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=774. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 May 2012.URL:http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003335/0
- 'Statewise list of Birds of India'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=722. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'CITES'. Wikipedia. Last modified on 17 April 2012 at 15:16. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 27th March, 2012. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES.
- Crested Honey Buzzard. (2012, December 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:44, January 9, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crested_Honey_Buzzard&oldid=526944608.
- 'The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended upto 1993)'. URL: http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1.html
- 'Vernacular Names of Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/Vernacular%20Names%20of%20Birds.html. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'List of Common Names, CMS Appendices I and II – February 2012.' CITES Secretariat. URL: http://www.cms.int/pdf/en/CMS_Species_6lng.pdf
- 'Crested Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus)'. The Internet Bird Collection. 1st January 2012. URL: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/crested-honey-buzzard-pernis-ptilorhyncus
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.URL: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=824109. Accessed on 24th February, 2012.
- 'Migratory birds of India'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=31313. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'Appendices I, II and III'. UNEP-WCMC. 17 April, 2012. UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species. URL: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/04/2012.URL:http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3335&m=1
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'. Denis Lepage, Bird Checklists of the World, Avibase and Bird Links to the World. URL: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1192205BDCBB11D2. Accessed on April 2nd, 2012.
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 May 2012.URL:http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003335/0
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/04/2012.URL:http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3335&m=1
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'. Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.URL: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=824109. Accessed on 24th February, 2012.
Information Listing > References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. Denis Lepage, Bird Checklists of the World, Avibase and Bird Links to the World. URL: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1192205BDCBB11D2. Accessed on April 2nd, 2012.
- 'CITES species database'. UNEP-WCMC. 17 April, 2012. UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species. URL: http://www.unep-wcmc-apps.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/fa_user.cfm#appendix
- Grimmett, R, Inskipp, C and Inskipp, T. 'Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'. Oxford University Press, 1999. Plate 68, Page 164.
- Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Dec 2012.
- 'List of birds of Tamil Nadu'. Wikipedia. Last modified on 27 December 2011. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 27th March, 2012.
- Ali, Salim. 'The book of Indian Birds'. Bombay Natural History Society, 2002. 13: Plate 11, Page 95.
- Wildscreen. 2003. "ARKive: Images of Life on Earth" (On-line). Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus). Accessed January 05, 2013 at http://www.arkive.org/oriental-honey-buzzard/pernis-ptilorhyncus/
- 'Endemic Birds'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=774. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 May 2012.URL:http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003335/0
- 'Statewise list of Birds of India'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=722. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'CITES'. Wikipedia. Last modified on 17 April 2012 at 15:16. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 27th March, 2012. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES.
- Crested Honey Buzzard. (2012, December 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:44, January 9, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crested_Honey_Buzzard&oldid=526944608.
- 'The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended upto 1993)'. URL: http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1.html
- 'Vernacular Names of Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/Vernacular%20Names%20of%20Birds.html. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'List of Common Names, CMS Appendices I and II – February 2012.' CITES Secretariat. URL: http://www.cms.int/pdf/en/CMS_Species_6lng.pdf
- 'Crested Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus)'. The Internet Bird Collection. 1st January 2012. URL: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/crested-honey-buzzard-pernis-ptilorhyncus
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'. Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.URL: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=824109. Accessed on 24th February, 2012.
- 'Migratory birds of India'. BNHS ENVIS Centre on Avian Ecology. URL: http://bnhsenvis.nic.in/forms/subjectwiselist.aspx?lid=31313. Accessed on 25th March, 2012.
- 'Appendices I, II and III'. UNEP-WCMC. 17 April, 2012. UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species. URL: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
- 'Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)'BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/04/2012.URL:http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3335&m=1
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'. Denis Lepage, Bird Checklists of the World, Avibase and Bird Links to the World. URL: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1192205BDCBB11D2. Accessed on April 2nd, 2012.
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 May 2012.URL:http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003335/0
- '<i>Pernis ptilorhynchus</i> (Temminck, 1821)'BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/04/2012.URL:http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3335&m=1
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Accipitriformes |
| Family | Accipitridae |
| Genus | Pernis |
| Species | Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck 1821) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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