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European honey buzzard
Pernis apivorus · Family Accipitridae
Pernis apivorus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 762,505
- Countries and territories with records
- 138
About this species
This species has 762,505 occurrence records from 138 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (22%), France (16.2%), Denmark (12.8%), Georgia (12.1%) and Spain (7.7%); together they account for 70.7% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.16% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pernis apivorus combines the genus name Pernis with the species epithet apivorus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Pernis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pernis ptilorhynchus, Pernis steerei and Pernis celebensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.