Birds of the World


Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) Range: Worldwide: widespread Eagle Lakes Park, Naples, Florida, United States
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Range: Worldwide: widespread Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large raptor not too closely related to any another, that lives on a diet of large fish caught by diving into the water like a kingfisher, pelican or tern. Osprey's migrate, but seem to migrate until they find a place they like (some halfway across the world, while others hardly at all). The Eastern Osprey and smaller Western Osprey (found along Australia's rivers) where recently joined into one species.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba