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Where does the European Honey-buzzard live?

Pernis apivorus has 752,640 records in 133 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

European Honey-buzzard
European Honey-buzzard — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaePernis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 163,522
France 122,757
Denmark 95,721
Georgia 92,090
Spain 58,368
Belgium 38,313
Netherlands 38,196
Israel 19,785
Finland 13,538
Norway 12,447
Germany 12,390
Russia 9,186
Portugal 9,063
Estonia 6,873
Türkiye 6,611
Italy 6,421
Austria 4,349
Bulgaria 4,110
Switzerland 3,714
South Africa 3,655
Poland 3,601
Greece 3,492
Czechia 1,956
Ukraine 1,642
United Kingdom 1,464
Hungary 1,371
Palestine 1,187
Ghana 1,100
Croatia 972
Egypt 948
Cyprus 921
Romania 887
Iran 839
Slovenia 636
Slovakia 623
Lithuania 569
Serbia 554
Kenya 553
Uganda 460
Lebanon 441

Showing the top 40 of 133 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.