- English Common Name
- Osprey
- Scientific name
- Pandion haliaetus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Pandionidae
- Size
- About 54 cm
- Species Distribution
- Central Eurasia, Central North America, North and East Africa, Australia
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Except Okinawa, this species is known to breed in all other areas in Japan. It mainly feeds on fish and comes to Okinawa as a migratory bird.
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- Updated November 2017
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