WoRMS (2026). Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159377 on 2026-03-22
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Osprey with a perch (Perca fluviatilis) for dinner on Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria, England.
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maine
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tanzania
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mozambique
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eritrea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Djibouti
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red Sea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Somalia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kenya
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - South Africa (country)
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Portugal
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Great Britain
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Norway
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sweden
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Finland
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - North European Russia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northwest European Russia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - West Siberia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Altay
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tuva
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Poland
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Germany
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ontario
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Québec
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - New Brunswick
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Vermont
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - New Jersey
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Massachusetts
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Florida
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - South Carolina
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Carolina
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Georgia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maryland
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Virginia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Connecticut
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Louisiana
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Texas
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tamaulipas
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cuba
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Haiti
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dominican Republic
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Puerto Rico
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Guadeloupe
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dominica
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Panama
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Costa Rica
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nicaragua
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Honduras
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baja California Sur
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baja California
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - California
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oregon
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Washington
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Idaho
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Columbia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Alaska
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Yukon
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Alberta
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Saskatchewan
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Manitoba
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ecuador
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Peru
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Colombia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Venezuela
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Guyana
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Amazonas
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Roraima
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Acre
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Surinam
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - French Guiana
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Amapá
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pará
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maranhão
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ceará
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Piauí
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pernambuco
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Paraíba
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rio Grande do Norte
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sergipe
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Alagoas
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bahia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Minas Gerais
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tarapacá
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Antofagasta
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atacama
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - O'Higgins
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Valparaíso
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Coquimbo
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maule
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Biobío
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - La Araucania
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rondônia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mato Grosso
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goiás
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tocantins
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Espírito Santo
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rio de Janeiro
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - São Paulo
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mato Grosso do Sul
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Paraná
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Santa Catarina
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Western Cape Province
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eastern Cape Province
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lesotho
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Free State
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - KwaZulu-Natal
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swaziland
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mpumalanga
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gauteng
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Province
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Cape Province
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Namibia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Angola
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Congo
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gabon
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Equatorial Guinea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cameroon
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nigeria
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Benin
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Burkina
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Senegal
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Guinea-Bissau
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Guinea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sierra Leone
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Liberia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ghana
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ivory Coast
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Togo
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Central African Republic
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zaïre
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zambia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zimbabwe
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Botswana
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Province
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Malawi
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Uganda
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Burundi
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rwanda
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ethiopia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sudan
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egypt
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Libya
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tunisia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Algeria
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Morocco
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Canary Is.
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cape Verde
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Karnataka
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iraq
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iran
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pakistan
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gujarat
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maharashtra
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sri Lanka
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tamil Nadu
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kerala
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Andhra Pradesh
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Orissa
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chattisgarh
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - West Bengal
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bangladesh
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Myanmar
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Thailand
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Peninsular Malaysia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sumatera
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kalimantan
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sarawak
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sabah
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Philippines
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cambodia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Vietnam
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Laos
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hainan
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Guangdong
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Fujian
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Honshu
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kamchatka
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kyushu
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Western Australia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - South Australia
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Territory
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Queensland
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - New South Wales
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Victoria
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tasmania
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Papua New Guinea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irian Jaya
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sulawesi
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maluku
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hokkaido
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sakhalin
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Khabarovsk
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Primorye
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Korea
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brazil
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern South America
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Western South America
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Central America
Distribution for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mexico
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 1836
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 1836
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Life stage adult