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The osprey is the second most widely distributed raptor species, after the peregrine falcon, and is one of only six land-birds with a worldwide distribution. [33] It is found in temperate and tropical regions of all continents, except Antarctica .
The eastern osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at the same nest site, building up a substantial structure on dead trees or limbs.
Osprey. Order: Accipitriformes Family: Pandionidae. Pandionidae is a monotypic family of fish-eating birds of prey. Its single species possesses a very large and powerful hooked beak, strong legs, strong talons, and keen eyesight. Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Pandion is a genus of fish-eating bird of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae.Most taxonomic treatments have regarded this genus as containing a single living species, separated into subspecies and found worldwide near water, while some treatments recognize two living species, splitting off the eastern osprey (Pandion (haliaetus) cristatus) from Australia and southeast ...
Nov. 28—Citizen scientist Kate Webb uses her bird's eye view of the osprey nest outside her window to help identify trends in the raptor population that serve as indicators of the overall health ...
An Osprey bird flies around the Bird Key, a private island on Biscayne Bay that is now for sale as environmentalists are upset, because developers could build on the island, displacing all the ...
Accipitriformes, currently with 262 species and 75 genera in 4 extant families and possibly 1 extinct family, is the largest diurnal raptor order. DNA sequence analyses suggest that divergences within Accipitriformes began around the Eocene/Oligocene boundary about 34 mya, with the split of the group including genera Elanus and Gampsonyx from ...
The birds left the nest at the approach of autumn, as is customary for the species. With it empty, the company hired to demolish the defunct westbound Washington Bridge decided it was a good time ...