Honey buzzard (English spelling)

Japanese: ハチクマ(蜂角鷹) - ハチクマ（英語表記）honey buzzard

A bird of the order Accipitridae. It is a bird similar to the Mountain Hawk-Eagle, which eats bees. It breeds in the subarctic south of Eurasia, the Malay Archipelago, and the Philippines, and those that breed in high latitudes migrate south in winter. It is a large hawk with a total length of about 58 cm, and mainly eats the larvae and pupae of wasps that nest underground. For this reason, its beak is small for a hawk, and the feathers on its face are hard and scaly to prevent bee stings. Its back is black-brown, but there is a great deal of individual variation in the underside, ranging from black-brown to pale.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

タカ目タカ科の鳥。ハチ類を食べるクマタカ(熊鷹)に似た鳥の意。ユーラシア大陸の亜寒帯以南とマレー諸島，フィリピンなどで繁殖し，高緯度地方で繁殖するものは冬季南方に渡る。全長約58cmの大型のタカで，地中に巣をつくるスズメバチ類の幼虫やさなぎをおもに食べる。このためくちばしはタカ類としては小さく，顔の羽毛はハチに刺されぬようにかたいうろこ状になっている。背面は黒褐色だが，下面は黒褐色のものから淡色のものまで個体変異が大きい。

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