---
title: "Tartaranhão-apívoro"
description: "Pernis apivorus — Aves. The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) is an insectivorous bird of prey in the family Accipitridae breeding in Europe and western Asia, and wintering in Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/european-honey-buzzard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tartaranhão-apívoro

> Pernis apivorus — Aves. The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) is an insectivorous bird of prey in the family Accipitridae breeding in Europe and western Asia, and wintering in Africa.

- Scientific name: *Pernis apivorus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 20477
- Wikidata: [Q170466](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170466)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5325)

## Names

- en: European Honey-buzzard
- de: Wespenbussard
- es: Abejero europeo
- fr: Bondrée apivore
- nl: Wespendief
- pt: Tartaranhão-apívoro
- pl: Trzmielojad zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (5972), IT (2536), FR (1793), ES (1032), DE (747), AT (440), PT (418), GE (370), UA (369), ZA (349), DK (267), NL (266)

## Summary

The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) is an insectivorous bird of prey in the family Accipitridae breeding in Europe and western Asia, and wintering in Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_honey_buzzard

## Photo

![Tartaranhão-apívoro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-honey-buzzard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117969090

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-honey-buzzard?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).