Osprey at nest Pandion haliaetus
Date 1895
Source Lydekker, R. 1895 The Royal Natural History. Volume 4. Frederick Warne and Co. (from www.archive.org)
Author Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OspreyLyd.jpg

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus)—also called fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk—is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish.