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Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Pandionidae Order: Falconiformes print version
Osprey Balbuzard pêcheur Águila pescadora Fischadler
Migration: partial intercontinental

Verbreitungskarte von Pandion haliaetus Resident in tropical and subtropical latitudes. Migratory elsewhere, generally moving to latitudes near the equator: Amazon Basin and N coast of South America; and coastal W Africa from Senegal to the equator.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)


Regions: Caribbean Islands, East Asia, Europe, Mesoamerica, North Africa, North America, North Asia, Oceania, South & Southeast Asia, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia
Recommended link: http://www.hawk- conservancy.org/priors/osprey.htm
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel)