osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus) Description
Plate 81 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Fish Hawk or Osprey.
Date 1827-1838
Source University of Pittsburgh
Author John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:81_Fish_Hawk_or_Osprey.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.
