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

The taxonomy is somewhat inexact, with proposals for changes in classification as late as 2018. 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.

• 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