Osprey (flying)

Pandion haliaetus

Osprey taking off at Kabini.

Photographed at: Kabini, Karnataka on 2015-12-24

Taxonomists are a little confused about the placement of this species. I'm going here with one of the schemes that places Ospreys as the only member of the Pandionidae family. Ospreys are incredibly successful fish-eating raptors colonizing all the continents, save Antarctica.

Family: Pandionidae

Other Pictures of Osprey

Osprey resting after a sortie across the Bhadra Reservoir

Osprey,Osprey resting after a sortie across the Bhadra Reservoir