Field record
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
- Location
- Nagarhole National Park
- Coordinates
- 12.03° N · 76.13° E
Field guideLeast Concern
Specialised for catching fish, it plunges feet-first and grips slippery prey with a reversible outer toe and spiny scales on the soles of its feet.
- Family
- Pandionidae (ospreys)
- Length
- 50–66 cm
- Wingspan
- 127–180 cm
- Diet
- Almost exclusively live fish
- Range
- Cosmopolitan (breeds on every continent except Antarctica)