Theses species are known to be traced in the coastal areas of Sindh and near IndoPak border, though more an Indian native raptor. Regardless of its name, this species is not associated to buzzards, and is taxonomically nearer to the kites. Pernis ptilorhynchus or the Crested Honey Buzzard is an Old World vulture family individual and is occasionally referred as the Oriental Honey Buzzard.

It breeds from central Siberia east to Japan in Asia. It is a summer refugee in Siberia, wintering in humid south east Asia. Somewhere else it is relatively a resident. It is known to be an expert feeder, living chiefly on the larvae and nests of wasps, although it will take other small bugs victim such as cicadas. The Crested Honey Buzzard breeds in forests, and is unremarkable apart from in the spring, when the mating exhibition includes wing-clapping. The show of roller-coasting in flight and flapping of wings at the peak of the incline are their