Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Accipitriformes (Hawks)

Pandionidae (Osprey)

• Pandion de Savigny, 1809 Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Histoire naturelle. Vol. 1 1 p.69,95 Pandion fluvialis de Savigny, 1809; Type by monotypy = Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758
  • 452. Osprey Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Alternative Names: [Western Osprey]
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I. CITES: Appendix II. CMS: Appendix II.
    • 452a. Pandion haliaetus haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) [HB#203]
      Original Description: Falco Halioetus Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.91
      Distribution: Winter: Throughout India in the low country from Jammu & Kashmir, east and south till the extreme tips of the country including islands of Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Is.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, TNHM
      Notes: Breeding in W Himalaya and elsewhere not investigated; regularly known to over-summer widely in the country.