Osprey

Pandion haliaetus · Pandionidae

The osprey, historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and a wingspan of 180 cm (71 in). It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.

Where the Osprey lives

Recorded in United States of America, Canada, Sweden and Denmark (North America and Europe).

Most records fall in Florida, California, Texas, Stockholm, South Carolina and Västra Götaland.

See the Osprey’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 7,860,273 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.