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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Eagles, Hawks, Kites Western Osprey Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)   Range: Worldwide (range map) info Photo by Kurt Preston    -  Maryland, USA  Sizes: 800x571 1152x823 2638x1884 histogram Full size: 2638x1884 next (Western Osprey) last first previous  (Western Osprey) Copyright and usage info: © All Rights Reserved. Additional Information English Western Osprey Scientific (Pandion haliaetus) Order ACCIPITRIFORMES Family (Latin) Pandionidae Family (English) Ospreys Other name(s) Osprey, Balbuzard pêcheur Breeding Regions Worldwide Breeding Range Subregions widespread, except AU and Sulawesi Nonbreeding Range Subregions Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Argentina,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas, Bahrain,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belize,Benin,Bermuda,Bhutan,Bolivia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana, Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Cayman Islands, Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Congo,Costa Rica,Croatia,Cuba,Cyprus, Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France,French Guiana,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany, Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guam,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras, Hong Kong,Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Ivory Coast, Jamaica,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon, Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia, Maldives,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mexico,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montserrat,Morocco, Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,New Caledonia,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria, North Korea,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palau,Palestine,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru, Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Puerto Rico,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,San Marino,Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,Solomon Islands,Somalia,South Africa, South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria, Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam, Virgin Islands,Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe, IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range haliaetus Europe and Asia carolinensis Canada to s USA ridgwayi e Belize, Cuba and Bahamas 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-pescadora / 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).   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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU 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) next (Western Osprey) last first previous  (Western Osprey)