Honey buzzard
Honey buzzards, unlike most UK birds of prey, have adapted to a diet of insects and their larvae.
Honey buzzards return from their wintering grounds in equatorial Africa in mid-May. The breeding season is timed to coincide with abundance of wasp larvae, which is the principal food of nestlings.
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
[edit] Subfamily: Circinae ...
Bazas and Honey Buzzards
These medium-sized species tend to favor warm climates.
common name for hawks of the genus Buteo and the genus Pernis, or honey buzzard, of the Old World family Accipitridae. Honey buzzards feed on insects, wasp and bumblebee larvae, and small reptiles.
Kites are classified in three subfamilies: Elaninae, or the white-tailed kites; Perninae, or the fork-tailed kites (and honey buzzards); and Milvinae, or the true kites.
European or Eurasian Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
Barred Honey-buzzard (Pernis celebensis)
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Described by: Wallace (1868)
Alternate common name(s): Barred Honey Buzzard, Barred Honey-buzzard, Crested Honey Buzzard, Crested Honey-buzzard
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
They are particularly evident in the honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) for instance, which feeds on the nests and young of social bees and wasps and needs protection around its beak from the stings of the adult bees and wasps.
Black honey buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus)
Small sparrowhawk (Accipiter nanus)
Madagascar serpent-eagle (Eutriorchis astur)
Gurney's eagle (Aquila gurneyi)
White-necked hawk (Leucopternis lacernulatus)
Flores hawk-eagle (Spizaetus floris) ...
Several manimals and birds are supposed to be immune by nature against snake-venom. Some more or less immune creatures are the mongoose, the hedgehog and the pig, the secretary-bird, the honey buzzard, the stork and probably other snake-eaters.
 See also: Buzzard, Eagle, Goshawk, Hawk, Falcon
  
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