ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed at Lake Joondalup, Western Australia, December 2018

(*   858)                ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD             Pernis ptilorhyncus

AUSTRALIA.                   763

Turns up in a variety of forested habitats, from primary rainforest to open woodlands. 50 cms. Distribution: Oriental region and northeast Asia: northern populations migrate.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   858)                ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD             Pernis ptilorhyncus

MALAYSIA              91

Prefers forests as well as plantations and other wooded areas. 55-65 cm. Passage migrant and resident  in Malaysian Peninsula. Subspecies tortquatus and orientalis both recorded.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Subspecies ruficollis, March 2017

(*858)                ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD              Pernis ptilorhynchus

SRI LANKA              102

Also known as Crested Honey-buzzard. Mostly in well wooded areas. 57-60 cm. Fairly rare breeding resident; population much increased by winter migrants.

ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

(*  857)                 ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL                  Anthracoceros albirostris

NEPAL

Found in mature broadleaved forest with fruiting trees. 55-60 cm. Local, frequent resident.

CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2013

(see 858)                  CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD              Pernis ptilorhynchus

SINGAPORE               (76)

Often referred to as Oriental Honey Buzzard. Migrant and non-breeding winter visitor found in primary and secondary forests, forest edges, scrub and parkland. 53-65 cm. Widespread across much of Indian sub-continent, East and Southeast Asia; northern populations are migratory, wintering in India and Southeast Asia, east to Lesser Sundas.

Orientalis Dark Morph

Orientalis Pale Morph

Torquatus Tweedale Morph

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(858)              ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD                    Pernis ptilorhychus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (79)        

Turns up in a variety of forested habitats, from primary rainforest to open woodlands. 50 cms. Distribution: Oriental region and northeast Asia: northern populations migrate; Sundra resident race (with a crest) is uncommon; migratory race is a winter visitor extending into parts of Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara.