Perninae

Perninae
European honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Order	Accipitriformes
Sub-order	Accipitres
Family Information
Superfamily	Accipitroidea
Family	Accipitridae
Sub-family	Perninae
Population statistics

Perninae is a subfamily of medium-sized, broad-winged birds of prey, and collectively known as "honey-buzzards" due to several species being specialist feeders of bee and wasp larvae.

Species[edit]

The taxonomy is somewhat inexact, with proposals for changes in classification as late as 2018.^[1] At one time authorities placed the swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) within the subfamily Milvinae. Several authorities consider the three vulture species of the subfamily Gypaetinae to be a part of Perninae.^[2]

• Subfamily Perninae
  • Genus Aviceda

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides

Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes

Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni

Madagascar cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda madagascariensis

Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata

• • Genus Chondrohierax

Cuban kite, Chondrohierax wilsonii

Hook-billed kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus

• • Genus Elanoides

Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus

• • Genus Henicopernis

Black honey-buzzard, Henicopernis infuscatus

Long-tailed honey-buzzard, Henicopernis longicauda

• • Genus Leptodon

Gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis

White-collared kite, Leptodon forbesi

• • Genus Pernis

Barred honey-buzzard, Pernis celebensis

Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus

European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus

References[edit]