Least ConcernEuropean Honey Buzzard
Pernis apivorus
62 countries206 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 4 species of falcon, spread across 2 families (Accipitridae, Falconidae).
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 4.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 101 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It digs out wasp and bumblebee nests; the feathers on its face protect it from the stings.
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It digs out wasp nests with its feet and eats the grubs: stiff, scale-like feathers around its eyes and bill protect it from stings, and the wasps appear not to recognise it as a threat.
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It crosses the Strait of Gibraltar in enormous concentrations: within a few days in May and September tens of thousands of honey buzzards may pass, one of the most remarkable migration spectacles in Europe.
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It reaches up to 390 km/h in its hunting stoop, the fastest speed ever recorded for an animal.
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Its population collapsed in the mid-twentieth century because of the pesticide DDT, and recovered once it was banned.
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It hunts mainly other birds, taken in mid-air.
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It breeds in late summer so it can feed its chicks on migrating birds.
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It holds its breeding season back to late summer to coincide with the passage of migrating birds, which it feeds to its chicks.
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