Oriental Honey-buzzard

Latin Name: 
Pernis ptilorhyncus
Category: 
Size: 
67cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Slender head and longish neck distinctive; tail rarely fanned. Highly variable phases. Mostly darkish brown above; crest rarely visible; pale brown underbody, with narrow whitish bars; pale underside of wings barred; broad dark subterminal tail-band; two or three more bands on tail; tarsus unfeathered. Solitary or in pairs, perched on forest trees or flying; often enters villages and outskirts of small towns.

Habitat: 
forest, open country, cultivation, vicinity of villages.
Food: 
bee larvae, honey, small birds, lizards; occasionally robs poultry.
Distribution: 
resident and local migrant; subcontinent to about 2,000m in the Himalaya.
Call: 
Call Description: 
high-pitched, long-drawn weeeeeu…