Europe and western Asia, from Spain, France, south-eastern England and eastern Scandinavia through western Russia and Caucasus to R Ob in south-western Siberia. Winters mostly in Africa south of Sahara.
 
Population
Estimated population is 350,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) [XC815502]
by Philippe Verbelen from Margem do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (call)
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) [XC324199]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Gmina Juchnowiec Ko\u015bcielny (near Kudrycze), bia\u0142ostocki, podlaskie, Poland (call)
Nest
Twigs, branches, often with green material, in a tree, often built on an old nest.
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