Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Accipitriformes > Family Pandionidae > Genus Pandion

Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PandionSavigny, 1809accepted genus name

Species group names

Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: petriti peshkngënës; shqiponja peshkngrënëse sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: oрел рибар sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: fiskeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: visarend
 English: osprey; western osprey sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).
 French: balbuzard pêcheur sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Fischadler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ψαραετός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: שלך sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: falco pescatore sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ミサゴ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: žuvininkas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: fiskeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: fiskeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: rybołów sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: osprei; vulturul pescar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: скопа sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: coirneach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: ribji orel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: águila pescadora sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: fiskgjuse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: balık kartalı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Скопа sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwalch y pysgod

Literature

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159377

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/47c65dd2-1313-45ae-9116-8caf52329034

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2022-06-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Antonio-Román Muñoz Gallego

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