Summary
A juvenile bird was at the Golf Club for some weeks from January 2018, and reappeared early May. It favoured the tall trees between hole 7 and 9 and was often in the same area as an adult Steppe Buzzard. A vagrant to our area although wintering birds regularly occur in the east of the Kingdom.
Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)Status in KAUSTAbundance in KAUSTPlaces seen in KAUSTGolf CourseSearch pictures of Crested Honey Buzzard in KAUST | Example Image![]() Image from Brian James |
Seasonality in KAUST (number of years since KAUST's founding when this species was observed in a given month):
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |