Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Description

Pandion haliaetus has a shiny dark brown upper body and pure white underside. The chest is white and sometimes striped with brown. The head is white with a dark mask covering the eyes to the sides of the neck. The irises are golden to brown. The bill is black and the legs are white with black claws.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

0,9-2,1 kg

LENGTH

50-66 cm

Ca

Carnivore

So

Solitary

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Accipitriformes

FAMILY

:

Pandionidae

GENUS

:

Pandion

SPECIES

:

Pandion haliaetus

Distribution

Pandion haliaetus can be found in wetlands, forests, and coastal seas.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Africa, America, Australia and Europe

Country : Angola, Austria, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Ivory Coast , Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Egypt, France, Ghana, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Libya , Mali, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Sweden, Taiwan, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Ukraine, Venezuela, Sudan, Spain, East Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Belgium, Czech, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, Romania, United Arab Emirates, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Singapore, Australia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Armenia, Estonia, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Solomon Islands, Albania, Costa Rica, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Uruguay, Croatia, Hungary, Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland and Indonesia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Pandion haliaetus has good eyesight to detect underwater objects from the air. It usually eats its prey on a nearby perch. Catching fish by diving into bodies of water, often submerging the entire body.

Lifestyle

Solitary

Biome

–

Climate Zone

Tropical or subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Pandion haliaetus feeds on fish, rodents, rabbits, small reptiles, and birds.

Diet : Carnivore

Mating Habits

The breeding season for these birds varies according to latitude, September-October in South Australia, April-July in Northern Australia, and June-August in South Queensland. The female lays 2-4 eggs, whitish in color with thick reddish-brown spots. The incubation period is 35-43 days.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : 35-43 days

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2-4 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

The population of this bird is increasing, so it is categorized as a species of Least Concern in the IUCN Redlist.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. Osprey on the Wikipedia Article
  2. Osprey Pandion haliaetus on the IUCN Redlist