Long-tailed honey buzzard

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Long-tailed honey buzzard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Henicopernis
Species:
H. longicauda
Binomial name
Henicopernis longicauda
(Garnot, 1828)

The long-tailed honey buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

It is found in New Guinea and some neighboring island groups. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Henicopernis longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22694976A93482474. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694976A93482474.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Raja Ampat, Aru, Biak, and Yapen groups. Legre, Leo (2010). "Henicopernis longicauda: additional details on distribution". Global Raptor Information Network. The Peregrine Fund. Retrieved 15 May 2016.