Oriental Honey-buzzard

The Oriental honey-buzzard, also called the crested honey buzzard, is a fairly large raptor, larger than the European honey buzzard. It eats mainly the larvae of bees and wasps taken from combs. Its adaptations include an elongated head for foraging at underground nests, a groove in the tongue for extracting grubs, and a mass of short dense feathers on the head and neck that protect against stings. Six subspecies are recognised (Wikipedia, general species account).

Some birds migrate to breed in Siberia and Japan in summer and winter in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while others are resident year-round there. It prefers well-forested areas with open spaces, from sea level to 1,800 m.