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]

1. ↑ http://checklist.aou.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2018-C-amended.pdf
2. ↑ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hlerner/LM2005.pdf