GOBIERNO DE ARAGON UE FEADER REDR

Osprey

BIRDING ARAGÓN

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus
ES: Águila pescadora

Description

60-71cm.

White head, with a black band on the sides; dark brown upperparts; white underparts, with brown pectoral band; wings dark above and light below, with a dark spot; primaries with black tips and yellow eyes. Male usually with a thin pectoral band or no band; small and median underwing coverts white. Female with broad, dark, well-marked pectoral band; lesser and median underwing coverts with dark spots. Juveniles with mottled buff upperparts; fluted hood; greater coverts with pale tip; light-tipped flight feathers; secondaries barred and without subterminal dark band; large underwing coverts forming a faint band; buff-dyed underparts and brown eyes.

Águila pescadora Pandion haliaetus Osprey
  • Observation difficulty: Medium
  • Status: Migratory
  • Optimal Season:  Mar, Apr, Sep 
  • Conservation Status: Not threatened
  • Hábitat: Wetlands

Special interest

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ROUTES

PROVINCES

Zaragoza. Teruel

REGIONS

Monegros-Bajo Cinca; Cinco Villas; Comarca Central; Bajo Cinca- Bajo Aragón-Caspe; Campo de Daroca y Jiloca; Maestrazo y Andora-Sierra de Arcos; Cuencas Mineras

Special Protected Areas (SPA)

CUENCA DE GALLOCANTA. VALCUERNA, SERRETA NEGRA Y LIBERO. SALVATIERRA – FOZES DE FAGO Y BINIÉS. SOTOS Y CARRIZALES DEL RÍO ARAGÓN. SIERRAS DE SANTO DOMINGO Y CABALLERA Y RÍO ONSELLA. LA SOTONERA. LAGUNA DE SARIÑENA Y BALSA DE LA ESTACIÓN. MATARRAÑA – AIGUABARREIX. RÍO HUERVA Y LAS PLANAS. DESFILADEROS DEL RÍO MARTÍN. RÍO GUADALOPE – MAESTRAZGO