1. Honey buzzard, common name for several medium-sized, Buzzardlike hawks (genus Pernis) of Eurasia and Africa

2. Buzzard is a familiar bird, but in summer and during migration time there is always the chance of finding a Honey-Buzzard

3. What Is a Buzzard? There are 26 bird species in the world named Buzzard, including the European honey-Buzzard, lizard Buzzard, forest Buzzard, and long-legged Buzzard

4. According to the standard data form submitted by Italy in November 1998, it hosts a number of birds referred to in Annex I to the Birds Directive – the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), the peregrine (Falco peregrinus), the honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), the hazel hen (Bonasa bonasia), the ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus helveticus), the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and the black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) – as well as the migratory birds the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), the common buzzard (Buteo buteo) and the wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria).