Osprey

Cute bird Osprey

The Osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. It occurs in all continents except Antarctica, but in South America only as a non-breeding migrant. It is often known by other colloquial names such as fishhawk, seahawk or Fish Eagle.

The Osprey is a species with many unique characteristics, and therefore has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion, and family, Pandionidae.

Latin name:	Pandion haliaetus
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Pandionidae
Also Called:	Fishhawk, Seahawk, Fish Eagle
Size:	23 inches (60 cm) long with a 5.5 ft (167 cm) wingspan
International names:
Fiskeørn (Danish)
Visarend (Dutch)
Sääksi (Finnish)
Balbuzard Pêcheur (French)
Fischadler (German)
Falco Pescatore (Italian)
Fiskeørn (Norwegian)
Rybołów (Polish)
Águia-pescadora (Portuguese)
Águila Pescadora (Spanish)
Fiskgjuse (Swedish)