#0655 · 🐦 birds
European Honey-buzzard
🇳🇱 Wespendief ·Pernis apivorus
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what is it?
The European honey buzzard ( Pernis apivorus ), also known as the pern or common pern , is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 268 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 20,854 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 49 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Honey-buzzard
- Nederlands
- Wespendief
- scientific name
- Pernis apivorus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Accipitriformes
- family
- Accipitridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 268
- sightings in Europe
- 15,135
- sightings worldwide
- 20,854
- GBIF records in NL
- 39,105
- weight
- 49 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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LC 👀 4.1k in NL
#0584 📷 9Western Marsh Harrier
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LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0609 📷 10Eurasian Sparrowhawk
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LC 👀 694 in NL
#0622 📷 8White-tailed Eagle
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LC 👀 494 in NL
#0654 📷 10Hen Harrier
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Circus cyaneus
LC 👀 271 in NL
#0656 📷 10Eurasian Goshawk
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LC 👀 261 in NL
#0713 📷 10Red Kite
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#0765 📷 9Black Kite
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LC 👀 40 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 5325, Wikidata Q170466, GBIF 2480420, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.