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English Osprey Scientific (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family (Latin) Pandionidae Family (English) Ospreys Other name(s) Breeding Regions Worldwide Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Argentina,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range carolinensis Canada to s USA ridgwayi e Belize, Cuba and Bahamas haliaetus Europe and Asia cristatus Sulawesi and Java to coastal Australia, Bismarck Is., Solomon Is. and Grande Terre (New Caledonia)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1758) German Fischadler French Balbuzard pêcheur Chinese 鹗 Japanese ミサゴ Russian Скопа Spanish Águila pescadora Portuguese águia-pesqueira Bird Data App text 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.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
