1.0Swiss Ornithological Institutehttps://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/Vogelarten: European Honey Buzzardrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kIwNm3C2pC"><a href="https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/birds-of-switzerland/european-honey-buzzard/">European Honey Buzzard</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.vogelwarte.ch/en/birds-of-switzerland/european-honey-buzzard/embed/#?secret=kIwNm3C2pC" width="600" height="338" title="“European Honey Buzzard” — Swiss Ornithological Institute" data-secret="kIwNm3C2pC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
//# sourceURL=https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js
</script>
https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1080_1.jpg16001200During the breeding season, the European Honey-buzzard lives quite secretly in woodland and hardly ever perches freely on vantage points like the Common Buzzard. The unusual food for a raptor, mainly wasps, only allows for a short stay of five months in the breeding area. At the end of August, the birds start their 7,000 km long migration to their wintering places in the rainforests of Africa, whereby concentrations may occur due to topographic barriers and mountain ridges with thermic upwind.