osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus) Title: British birds with their nests and eggs
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Butler, Arthur Gardiner, 1844-1925
Subjects: Birds Birds
Date 1896
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_birds_with_their_nests_and_eggs_(1896)_(14770518023).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.