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osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus)
Subject: osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus)
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osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus)


Osprey at nest Pandion haliaetus
Date 1895
Source Lydekker, R. 1895 The Royal Natural History. Volume 4. Frederick Warne and Co. (from www.archive.org)
Author Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OspreyLyd.jpg

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus)—also called fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk—is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish.

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