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ההכה ספל ףסונב ,וסיסבל ךומס םיהכ םיספ ינש הבנזלש אלא ,ףרוחה בקעל המוד :םיערצ תייא .הנוי שארל המודו ןטק השאר .רתוי ךורא הראוצו רתוי םירצו םיכורא הבנזו היפנכ ,וג תקד .הטמ יפלכ תויוטנ םיפנכב השילג הל תיניפוא ,דחא םוקמב תפרפרמ םגו תושורפ םיפנכב האוד .םיערצו םירובד יניק דודשל תגהונו עקרקה לע הלבמ .םירישנ םיצע לש רקיעב תושרוחו רעי יפונ הלודיג תיב .היוצמ חרוא תרבוע ץראב 7 'חכ בויא ... היא ןיע ותפזש אלו ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
Pernis apivorus Europe and W Asia, from Spain, France, England, Scandinavia, Russia, Caucasus to Siberia. Winters in Africa S of Sahara. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.55-60 cm, 500-1000 g. wingspan 145 cm.Polymorphic, with extremely variable coloration. In flight, often shows black carpal patches on underwing,two dark bands at base of tail. Male normally has grey head, female generally darker, with brown head. Juvenile lacks well defined dark edging to wings, secondaries normally dark, breast often streaked dark, eyes brown, narrow inconspicuous bars on tail. Habitat.Forests and woods, preferably deciduous, in temperate and boreal zones.Normally at low or medium altitudes. Winters in Africa in forests and other densely wooded areas. Food and FeedingMainly wasps and hornets. Feeding on larvae, pupae and adults, some other insects, including bumble-bees, beetles, etc. Also takes small vertebrates, frogs, reptiles and chicks and eggs of small and medium sized birds.Follows wasps in flight to locate their nests, watches them from perch, sometimes catching them in the air. Will remove wasps' nests from trees and dig out ground nests with claws, chunks of chewed wax comb frequently found near nests. Breeding.Jun-Jul, solitary.Nest is platform of twigs lined with fresh leaves which are renewed throughout nesting period, nest in woods. 1-3 eggs, incubation 30-35 days. Chicks have long, buffy grey first down, shorter white second down. Both adults bring food to nest and feed chicks. Movements.Migratory, wintering mainly in equatorial Africa.Leaves breeding zones in Aug-Spt, returjing from Apr to early Jun.European birds cross Straits of Gibraltar, E European birds cross Bosporus passing from Asia to Africa across Grlf of Suez. Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened. Population apparently stable.Israel.> In Israel the subspecies Pernis apivorus Abundant passage migrant over much of the country. |
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