NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Barred Honey Buzzard
Pernis celebensis Wallace, 1868
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Title: Roofvogel op een uitzichtpunt langs de weg van Makassar naar SingkangAuthor/creator: Steijlen, Fridus.Shelfmark: KITLV 159965Subject (topical): BirdsSubject (geographic): Sulawesi SelatanNote: Foto gemaakt door Fridus Steijlen in het kader van het project Recording the Future.Language: No linguistic contentCountry: No place, unknown, or undeterminedPublished/created: 2005.Persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:830650: 2015.Extent: Digital image
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Open encyclopedia reference
The barred honey buzzard or Sulawesi honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is native to the Philippines and Sulawesi island of Indonesia. The bird inhabits forests from sea level to 1800 meters. It is 51–56 cm in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Barred honey buzzard; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:46:54.799358+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pernis celebensis Wallace, 1868
- Name authority
- Wallace, 1868
- Common name
- Barred Honey Buzzard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Pernis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderAccipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae Vigors, 1824
- genusPernis Cuvier, 1816
- speciesPernis celebensis Wallace, 1868
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pernis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Honey BuzzardPernis steerei W. L. Sclater, 1919 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pernis cristatus celebensis Wallace, 1868 Wallace, 1868 | synonym |
| Pernis celebensis celebensis Wallace, 1868 Wallace, 1868 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175455 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4F6Z2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.