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Osprey

Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The osprey, also called 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 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Pandionidae
Genus:
   Pandion
Scientific:
  Pandion haliaetus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.91

Protonym:
  Falco Haliaetus

Type locality:
  Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761 Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 22.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/109/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5BCF1891777ED3D3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5BCF1891

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5BCF1891


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175590

Geographic range:

  • Pandion haliaetus haliaetus: Palearctic; winters to South Africa, India, and Philippines
  • Pandion haliaetus carolinensis: Canada to southern USA; winters to Peru and Brazil
  • Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi: Caribbean (including Bahamas, Cuba, and Belize)
English:
Osprey
Catalan:
Àguila pescadora
Czech:
Orlovec říční
Danish:
Fiskeørn
German:
Fischadler
Spanish:
Águila pescadora
Spanish (Spain):
Águila Pescadora
Finnish:
sääksi (kalasääski)
French:
Balbuzard pêcheur
Croatian:
Bukoč
Hungarian:
Halászsas
Icelandic:
Gjóður
Italian:
Falco pescatore
Japanese (romaji):
Misago
Japanese:
ミサゴ
Lithuanian:
erelis žuvininkas
Dutch:
Visarend
Norwegian:
Fiskeørn
Polish:
rybołów
Portuguese:
águia-pescadora / águia-pesqueira
Portuguese (Brazil):
águia-pescadora
Portuguese (Portugal):
Águia-pesqueira
Russian:
Скопа
Slovak:
kršiak rybár
Serbian:
orao ribar
Swedish:
fiskgjuse
Ukrainian:
скопа західна
Chinese:

Chinese (Traditional):
西方魚鷹


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pandion [haliaetus or cristatus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Abkhazian: аМарыӷ, аМарыұ, аМшынуарбажә
Afrikaans: Visvalk
Altai: балыкчы
Arabic: العقاب النسارية
Asturian: Aigla Piescadora
Azerbaijani: balıq qartalı, balıqcıl çayqaraquşu, balıqcıl qaraquş, Çay qaraquşu
Bashkir: балыҡ ҡарсығаһы, балыҡ һыры, кәлмәргән, ҡәлмәргән, тимер тырнаҡ, халмарйын
Belarusian: Cкапа, Скапа
Bulgarian: Орел рибар
Bengali: ভাছভুযার , মাছমুরাল, ি঄঳মপ্র
Bengali (transliteration): asaprē, māchamurāla
Breton: An erer splujer, Erer-spluj
Catalan: Àguila pescadora, Àquila pescadora
Catalan (Balears): Àguila peixatera
Valencian: Àguila pescadora
Montenegrin: orao ribar, орао рибар
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): орао рибар
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): malfini
Cree: apiskway
Cree (syllabic): ᐊᐱᐢᑿᕀ
Czech: Orlovec rícní, Orlovec říční
Chuvash: пулă хурчки, пулăхурчки, шурă хурчка
Welsh: Gwalch y Pysgod
Danish: Fiskeørn
German: Fischadler
Greek: Ψαραετός
Greek (Cypriot): Ψαραετός
English: Osprey, Western Osprey
English (Kenya): Osprey
Esperanto: Fiŝaglo, pandiono
Spanish: Aguila Pescadora, Águila Pescadora, gavilán pescador, Guincho
Spanish (Argentine): Águila pescadora
Spanish (Chile): Aguila pescadora
Spanish (Colombia): Águila Pescadora
Spanish (Costa Rica): Aguila Pescadora
Spanish (Cuba): Guincho
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Guincho
Spanish (Spain): Águila Pescadora
Spanish (Honduras): Aguila Pescadora
Spanish (Mexico): gavilán pescador
Spanish (Panama): Águila Pescadora
Spanish (Peru): Aguila Pescadora
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Águila Pescadora
Spanish (Paraguay): Águila pescadora
Spanish (Uruguay): Aguila Pescadora
Spanish (Venezuela): Águila Pescadora
Estonian: Kalakotkas
Basque: Arrano arrantzale, Arrano arrantzalea
Evenki: tschuchsilue, олдомолдывун, олдоты, олломолды̄вӯн, оллоты̄
Persian: عقاب ماهی‌گیر, عقاب ماهیگیر
Finnish: Sääksi, sääksi (kalasääski), Sääski
Faroese: fiskiørn, Fiskiørn/gjóður
French: Balbuzard pêcheur
Friulian: falcon pescjadôr, Falcuz pescjadôr
Frisian: Fiskearn
Irish: Coirneach
Guadeloupean Creole French: aigle pêcheur, Aiglon
Gaelic: Iolair uisge, Iolair-Iasgaich
Galician: Aguia pescadora, Aguia pesqueira
Guarani: Taguato rye morotî
Manx: Shawk eeastee
Haitian Creole French: Malfini lanmè
Hebrew: שלך
Croatian: Bukoč
Hungarian: Halászsas
Armenian: Ջրարծիվ
Indonesian: Burung Elang Tiram, Elang Tiram
Icelandic: Gjóður
Italian: Falco pescatore, Falco pescatore occidentale
Japanese (romaji): Misago, shokyū, su-dori, uo-taka
Japanese: ウオタカ, ショキュウ, スドリ, ミサゴ
Japanese (Kanji): 州鳥, 雎鳩, 魚鷹, 鶚
Georgian: შაკი
Kara-Kalpak: қанымардан, қанымәрдан
Mongolian, Halh: явлаг
Khakas: Сатхыс
Kazakh: балықшы, Балықшы тұйғын
Kazakh (Transliteration): balıqşı tuyğın
Korean: 물수리
Korean (Transliteration): mul-suri
Karachay-Balkar: тенгиз къуш
North Karelian: kalahaukka
Cornish: Morer
Kirghiz: бакачы, бакачы куш, балыкчы куш
Scientific: Falco Haliaetus, Pandion fluvialis, Pandion haliaetus, Pandion haliaetus haliaetus, Triorches fluvialis
Luxembourgish: Fëschadeler, Fëschadler
Lithuanian: Erelis žuvininkas, Žuvininkas
Latvian: zivjērglis, Zivju ērglis
Macedonian: Орел рибар
Malayalam: താലിപ്പരുന്ത്‌
Mongolian: Загасч явлаг, явлаг, Явлаг сар
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠣᠴᠢ ᠶᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠯᠣ ᠮᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Халуу мэргэн, Явлаг галуу, Явлаг элээ
Mongolian (Transliteration): khaluu mergeŋ, yavlag elee, yavlag galuu, yavlag sar, zagasch yavlag
Moldavian: Acvila pitică, Uligan pescar
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): akuashimesheu, akushamesheu, akushimesheu
Malay: Burung Helang Tiram, Burung Lang Tiram
Maltese: Arpa, arpi
Nepali: मलाहा चील
Dutch: Visarend
Norwegian: Fiskeørn
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): korbihaukku
Polish: rybolów, rybołów, rybołów (zwyczajny)
Pinyin: è, yú-yīng
Portuguese: águia-pescadora, Águia-pescadora / Águia-pesqueira, Águia-pesqueira
Portuguese (Brazil): aguia-pescadora, águia-pescadora
Portuguese (Portugal): Águia-pesqueira
Romansh: Evla da peschs
Rhaeto-Romance: Evla da peschs
Romanian: Uligan pescar
Russian: Cкопа, Скопа
Yakut: балыксыт, балыктыма, собоһут, умсан
Scots: Iolaire lasgaich
Northern Sami: Ciekcá, Čiekčá
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kuralaya
Slovak: kršiak rybár
Slovenian: Ribji orel
Albanian: Shqiponja peshkngrënëse
Serbian: orao ribar, Ribar
Swedish: Fiskgjuse
Swahili: Kipungu
Tamil: Viraal Adipaan
Thai: เหยี่ยวออสเปร, เหยี่ยวออสเปรย์
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw oaa-sà-prĕe
Turkmen: balykçy bürgüt, balykçy gyrgy
Turkish: Balık Kartalı, Балықшы тұйғын
Tatar: балыкчы карчыга
Tuvinian: балык-тевер, Шишкииш, шээшкиш
Udmurt: чорыгась душес
Ukrainian: Скопа, скопа західна
Uzbek: балиққийғир, балиқхўр, балиқхўр бургут, балиқхўр йирик парранда, балиқчи қуш, скопа, сув қийғир, сувқийғир, сувқирғий
Vietnamese: Chim Ó biển, Chim ó cá, Chim ưng biển, Ó cá
Kalmyk: заһсч сар, хала шовун, хаму шовун
Chinese: 鱼鹰, 鹗
Chinese (Traditional): 西方魚鷹, 魚鷹, 鶚
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 魚鷹
Chinese (Taiwan): 鱼鹰

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