Falconiformes

Osprey (Pandionidae)

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• Large piscivorous birds of prey, with reversible outer toe and spiny foot pads to help grasp slippery prey.
• Cosmopolitan.
• Shallow waters, both inland and marine.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 4 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.