Birds of Panama

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae (Ospreys)  
Genus: Pandion (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Osprey
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis)
Eagle Lakes Park, Naples, Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Andy Morffew     Copyright and usage info

Osprey
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus)
Australia  
   
Photograph by Psylexic     Copyright and usage info

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.


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