Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pernis [apivorus or ptilorhynchus] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Buteo buteo x Pernis apivorus (hybrid)
• Pernis [apivorus x ptilorhynchus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аҾрыхьшь, аКамкам, аШхырцәаӷьфаҩ
Afrikaans: Wespedief
Arabic: بوحقب, حوام النحل الاوروبي, حوّام النحل, صقر العسل, صقر العسل الحوام
Asturian: Milán abeyeru européu, Viésporu
Azerbaijani: Adi arıyeyən
Bashkir: һағыҙаҡ һары, сағауын һары
Belarusian: Асаед звычайны, Звычайны асаед
Bulgarian: Обикновен осояд, Осояд
Bengali: িআিঈমযা঩ীয় ভধুফাজ
Bengali (transliteration): i'urōpīẏa madhubāja*
Breton: Ar skilvaou-wesped, Skilvaou-wesped
Catalan: Aligot vesper, Aligot vesper europeu
Catalan (Balears): Aligot vesper
Montenegrin: osičar, осичар
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): осичар
Czech: Vcelojed lesní, Včelojed lesní, vèelojed lesní
Chuvash: сăпса хурчки
Welsh: Bod y mêl, Boda mêl, Boda'r mêl
Danish: Hvepsevåge
German: Wespenbussard
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Σφηκιάρης, Μελισσοσιάχινο, Σφηκιάρης
Greek (Cypriot): Μελισσοσιάχινο
English: Asiatic Honey-buzzard, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-buzzard, European Honey Buzzard, European Honey-buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Honey-Buzzard, Western Honey Buzzard, Western Honey-buzzard
English, HBW: European Honey-buzzard
English (IOC): European Honey Buzzard
English (Kenya): European Honey Buzzard
English (UAE): European Honey Buzzard
English (United States): European Honey-buzzard
Esperanto: Okcidenta vespobuteo, Vespobuteo
Spanish: Abejero, Abejero Europeo, Halcón Abejero, Halcón Abejero Europeo, Halcón abereje europeo, Halcón aberejo
Spanish (Spain): Abejero Europeo
Spanish (HBW): Abejero europeo
Estonian: Herilaseviu
Basque: Aligot vesper, Zapelaitz liztorjalea, Zapelatz liztorjale, Zapelatz liztorjalea
Persian: سارگپه جنگلی, سارگپه جنگلی معمولی, سارگپۀ جنگلی معمولی
Finnish: Mehiläishaukka
Faroese: Bývákur
French: Bondrée apivore, Buse bondrée
Friulian: falcon di âfs
Frisian: Huningfalk
Irish: Clamhán meala, Clamhán Riabhach
Gaelic: Bleidir, Clamhan Riabhach
Galician: Abelleiro común, Abelleiro europeo, Aligot vesper, Miñato abelleiro
Manx: Shirragh molley
Hebrew: איה, איית צרעים, אית צרעים, עקב צרעים
Croatian: Škanjac osaš
Hungarian: Darázsölyv
Armenian: [Kretaker ], Կրետակեր
Indonesian: Alap-alap madu
Icelandic: Býþjór
Italian: Falco pecchiaiolo, Falco pecchiaiolo occidentale, Pecchiaiolo occidentale
Japanese (romaji): yoaroppahachikuma, yōroppa hachi-kuma, yo-roppahachikuma
Japanese: ヨ−ロッパハチクマ, ヨアロッパハチクマ, ヨーロッパハチクマ
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ蜂熊, ヨーロッパ蜂角鷹
Georgian: ან ირაო, კრაზანაჭამია, კრაზანაჭამია არწივი, ცუღქორა
Kara-Kalpak: ҳәрре жеўши
Kabardian: къашыргъэгъуабжэ, хьэдзыгъуанэхуэлъэ
Mongolian, Halh: согсоот гоорбис, согсоот зөгийч сар, согсоот зөгийчин сар, согсоот сар
Kazakh: Аражегіш, есекарақоректі, кәдімгі аражегіш, кәдуілгі қаршыға
Kazakh (Transliteration): ara-jegiş
Korean: 벌매
Karachay-Balkar: джайлыкъ къуш, жайлыкъ къуш
North Karelian: mehiläishaukka
Cornish: Bargos gwenyn
Kirghiz: аары жегич, аарыжегич, аарычыл, аарычылдар, кадимки аарычыл
Scientific: Circus apivorus, Falco apivorus, Falco vesparum, Pernis apivorus, Pernis apivorus apivorus
Luxembourgish: Harespelsfrësser
Lithuanian: vakarinis vapsvaėdis, Vapsvaedis, Vapsvaėdis
Latvian: Ķīķis
Macedonian: Глувчар осаш, Јастреб осојадец, осојад
Malayalam: വടക്കൻ തേൻകൊതിച്ചിപ്പരുന്ത്
Mongolian: Балч гоорбис, өвөгт хэрэмч, Гоорбис, согсоот гоорбис, согсоот зөгийч сар, согсоот зөгийчин сар, согсоот сар
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠠᠯᠴᠢ ᠭᠣᠣᠷᠪᠢᠰ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠭᠣᠣᠷᠪᠢᠰ
Mongolian (Transliteration): balch goorbis, goorbis
Moldavian: Viespar
Maltese: kuċċard, Kuccarda, Kuċċarda, seqer Ewropew ta' l-għasel
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): өвөгт хэрэмч
Dutch: Wespendief
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vepsevåk
Norwegian: Vepsehauk, Vepsevåk
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): merikotku
Polish: Pszczołojad, trzmielojad, trzmielojad (zwyczajny), Trzmielojad zwyczajny
Pinyin: juān-tóu fēng-yīng
Portuguese: Bútio-vespeiro, Falão-abelheiro, falcão abelheiro, Falcão-belheiro
Portuguese (Portugal): bútio-vespeiro-europeu, Bútio-vespeiro-ocidental
Romansh: girun apivor, Vesprun
Rhaeto-Romance: Vesprun
Romanian: Viespar
Russian: Khoklaty Osoed, Обыкновенный осоед, Осоед, Осоед обыкновенный
Northern Sami: Uvlohávut
Slovak: včelár lesný, Včelár obyčajný
Slovenian: sršenar
Albanian: Huta grenxangrenese, Huta grenxangrënëse, Huta grenzangrënëse
Serbian: jastreb osicar, jastreb osičar, osicar, Osičar, Јастреб осицар
Swedish: Bivråk
Swahili: Kengewa
Tajik: занбурхураки муқаррарӣ, орухураки муқаррарӣ
Thai: เหยี่ยวผึ้ง
Turkmen: aryçy
Turkish: Arı Şahini, Arı-yiyen çaylak, ary şahini, Аражегіш
Tatar: гади шөпшә кошы, гади шөпшәашар , шөпшә кошы , шөпшәашар
Udmurt: дуринчи кучыран, дуринчикучыран
Ukrainian: Осоїд, Осоїд євразійський
Uzbek: арикалхат, арихўр, арихўр бургут, Европа арихўр қуши
Kalmyk: зөг теҗәлт
Chinese: 鳳頭蜂鷹, 鹃头蜂鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 西方蜂鷹, 鵑頭蜂鷹