osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus) Title: The life and habits of wild animals
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Joseph Wolf, 1820-1899; Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1835-1915
Subjects: Animal behavior Birds
Date 1874
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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.