Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

FALCONIFORMES

Pandionidae

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus
Lakes, rivers, seacoasts.
Worldwide, except South America, Sumatra.
Breeds locally.
From n British Isles e across n Scandinavia and nw,c Russia and c Siberia to Kamchatka Pen., s to Black and Caspian seas, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan,
n Iran, n India up to 2000-3000 m in the Himalayas, China, Hainan I., Taiwan, Japan.
Locally in the Cape Verde Is., Iberian Pen., Balearic Is., Corsica;
n Morocco, n Algeria and Corsica; Red Sea area, Socotra I.;
breeding records in Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen; winters widely in Africa to S. Africa; East Indies (except Sumatra), many s,sw Pacific islands, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch. to Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia; N. America from n Alaska e across n Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, s to Baja California, Tres Marías Is., Sinaloa, c Arizona, sw,c New Mexico, s Texas, Gulf coast, s Florida, Bahamas, small cays off Cuba and Virgin Islands; coasts and islands of Yucatán Pen., Belize and Guatemala.
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