Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) 10 June 2019. Rio Ucayali--Rio Yamallpa, Peru
![]() This is a winter visitor to South America from breeding areas in the North. It is a unique fish-eating raptor and placed in its own family, the Pandionidae. Canon PowerShot SX60 HS. References: Bierregaard, R. O., A. F. Poole, M. S. Martell, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2016). Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.683 Poole, A. F. (2009). Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.osprey.01 |