Pandion (bird)
Pandion is a genus of birds of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae. Most taxonomic treatments have regarded this genus as describing a single extant species, separated to subspecies or races, while some treatments recognize two extant species.
| Pandion | |
|---|---|
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| Western osprey, Pandion haliaetus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Pandionidae Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
| Genus: | Pandion Savigny, 1809 |
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| Global range of Pandion | |
The population found at the coastline and islands of Australia and southeast Asia, and the Indonesian archipelago have also been described as Pandion haliaetus cristatus.[1]
Extant species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pandion haliaetus | Western osprey | Cosmopolitan distribution |
 | Pandion cristatus | Eastern osprey | Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania |
Extinct species:
- Pandion homalopteron Warter 1976
- Pandion lovensis Becker 1985
References
- Reader's digest complete book of Australian birds (2nd rev. 1st ed.). Reader's Digest Services. 1982. p. 114. ISBN 0909486638.
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