Etymology

honey buzzard

Today it means: European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa Full definition →

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The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs

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