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Crested Honey Buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus · Family Accipitridae
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 246,098
- Countries and territories with records
- 62
About this species
This species has 246,098 occurrence records from 62 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (56.2%), Taiwan (12.8%), Thailand (7%), Singapore (5%) and Malaysia (3%); together they account for 84% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.22% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pernis ptilorhynchus combines the genus name Pernis with the species epithet ptilorhynchus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Pernis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pernis apivorus, Pernis steerei and Pernis celebensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 40th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 59.8% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.