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honey-buzzard
A bird of prey of the genus Pernis, esp. the European species P. apivorus, which feeds chiefly on the contents of bees' and wasps' nests.
1674Ray Words, Eng. Birds 82 The Honey-Buzzard: Buteo apivorus. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 146 As he [Mr. Willughby] found the combs of wasps in the nest, he gave this species the name of the honey buzzard. 1825P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornith. I. 23 The Honey Buzzard preys upon moles, mice, and small birds. 1883Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 289 Crows and Rooks mob the Honey-Buzzard with almost the same eagerness as they chase the Eagle-Owl. 1971Country Life 25 Mar. 705/2 Seven species breed regularly within the city limits [sc. West Berlin]..honey-buzzard (4–5 pairs). |