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European Honey-buzzard

Pernis apivorus

620Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
43Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar3
Apr16
May14
Jun12
Jul1
Aug121
Sep371
Oct73
Nov1
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England85
2Kent England74
3Dorset England50
4Norfolk England42
5North Yorkshire England26
6Suffolk England20
7Surrey England18
8Isles of Scilly England16
9Cornwall England14
10Cambridgeshire England13
11Lincolnshire England11
12Essex England9
13Shetland Islands —8
14Nottingham England6
15Nottinghamshire England5
591 England19 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
620
Peak month
September
Counties with records
43
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pernis apivorus
Also known as
Honey Buzzard
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
231
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Pernis
Name with authority
Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q170466 · GBIF 2480420