Bird

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus · Pandionidae · Accipitriformes

Best monthsApr–May · Augmost records

Records7,823,114in 158 countries

Most seen inUnited States5,563,016 records

Red ListLeast concernIUCN status

About

Osprey in brief

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a bird of the Pandionidae family — species of bird.

Across the 158 countries we cover it has 7,823,114 published records, most of them from the United States, Canada and Sweden. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, May and August and fall to their lowest in November and December.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

United States5,563,016 records · best Apr, May

Canada529,200 records · best May, Aug

Sweden416,243 records · best Apr, May

Denmark136,725 records · best Apr, Aug

Mexico106,230 records · best Jan, Oct

Australia101,148 records · best Oct, Sep

Finland88,767 records · best May, Aug

Netherlands75,250 records · best Sep, Aug

Taiwan73,839 records · best Dec, Jan

Spain59,786 records · best Sep, Oct

Norway54,019 records · best May, Apr

France49,591 records · best Sep, Apr

Costa Rica49,116 records · best Jan, Feb

India45,828 records · best Jan, Dec

United Kingdom41,443 records · best Aug, Apr

Colombia35,941 records · best Oct, Feb

Portugal29,580 records · best Oct, Dec

Belize29,488 records · best Mar, Jan

Germany22,509 records · best Sep, Apr

Panama22,330 records · best Mar, Jan

Japan17,635 records · best Feb, Jan

Israel15,569 records · best Sep, Mar

Belgium14,463 records · best Sep, Apr

Cuba10,100 records · best Feb, Mar

Honduras9,067 records · best Feb, Jan

Peru8,826 records · best Oct, Nov

Venezuela8,672 records · best Oct, Feb

Russia8,427 records · best Aug, May

Bahamas7,534 records · best Mar, Jan

Republic of the Congo7,379 records · best Nov, Jan

Ukraine7,170 records · best Sep, Aug

Trinidad and Tobago6,985 records · best Jan, Dec

Mauritania6,922 records · best Nov, Oct

Senegal6,793 records · best Jan, Dec

Nicaragua6,287 records · best Feb, Jan

Estonia6,021 records · best Apr, May

United Arab Emirates5,879 records · best Oct, Jan

Central African Republic5,644 records · best Feb, Sep

China5,402 records · best Apr, Oct

Oman5,257 records · best Nov, Feb

Egypt5,106 records · best Sep, Mar

Nigeria5,105 records · best Oct, Nov

Thailand4,976 records · best Feb, Oct

Italy4,925 records · best Jan, Dec

Gambia4,639 records · best Nov, Jan

Poland4,447 records · best Aug, Sep

Guatemala4,004 records · best Jan, Oct

Morocco3,830 records · best Mar, Feb

Sudan3,730 records · best Oct, Nov

Dominican Republic3,492 records · best Jan, Feb

Türkiye3,346 records · best Apr, Sep

Democratic Republic of the Congo3,123 records · best Dec, Oct

Bulgaria3,110 records · best Sep, Aug

Nepal3,072 records · best Nov, Dec

Czechia2,912 records · best Apr, Sep

El Salvador2,836 records · best Feb, Oct

Georgia2,727 records · best Sep, Oct

Singapore2,514 records · best Nov, Jan

Guyana2,502 records · best Feb, Jan

Philippines2,500 records · best Nov, Feb

Indonesia2,426 records · best Aug, Oct

Belarus2,390 records · best Aug, Sep

South Korea2,162 records · best Oct, Nov

Chad2,017 records · best Sep, Mar

Jamaica1,884 records · best Mar, Feb

Suriname1,873 records · best Feb, Nov

Greece1,862 records · best Sep, Apr

Paraguay1,817 records · best Oct, Nov

Vietnam1,709 records · best Dec, Feb

Romania1,573 records · best Apr, Sep

Libya1,347 records · best Sep, Apr

Cape Verde1,294 records · best Mar, Apr

Hungary1,287 records · best Sep, Aug

Saudi Arabia1,271 records · best Mar, Oct

Iran1,142 records · best Feb, Jan

Austria1,131 records · best Apr, Sep

Bangladesh1,122 records · best Dec, Jan

Zambia1,116 records · best Oct, Nov

Latvia1,104 records · best Sep, Apr

Algeria988 records · best Sep, Apr

Switzerland886 records · best Sep, Apr

Kuwait834 records · best Oct, Apr

Lithuania826 records · best Aug, Apr

Grenada812 records · best Oct, Feb

Cambodia776 records · best Feb, Dec

Sri Lanka739 records · best Dec, Jan

Angola730 records · best Feb, Jan

Papua New Guinea702 records · best Jul, Aug

Ivory Coast647 records · best Oct, Dec

Antigua and Barbuda583 records · best Jan, Nov

Saint Lucia567 records · best Jan, Feb

Croatia529 records · best Sep, Apr

Barbados505 records · best Oct, Dec

Solomon Islands457 records · best Apr, Oct

Niger441 records · best Sep, Mar

Qatar393 records · best Oct, Nov

Malawi385 records · best Nov, Oct

Slovakia382 records · best Apr, Sep

Serbia370 records · best Mar, Apr

Gabon352 records · best Mar, Oct

Pakistan350 records · best Oct, Dec

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines346 records · best Jan, Feb

Cameroon327 records · best Oct, Mar

Ireland302 records · best Aug, Sep

Haiti300 records · best Dec, Sep

Benin291 records · best Jan, Apr

Mali278 records · best Sep, Mar

Dominica277 records · best Feb, Mar

Cyprus275 records · best Sep, Apr

Slovenia270 records · best Sep, Aug

Myanmar258 records · best Jan, Feb

Tunisia228 records · best Sep, Apr

Saint Kitts and Nevis217 records · best Mar, Feb

Palestine214 records · best Apr, Mar

Djibouti209 records · best Sep, Oct

Guinea-Bissau209 records · best Jan, Nov

Moldova194 records · best Sep, Apr

Jordan189 records · best Apr, Mar

Burkina Faso177 records · best Sep, Oct

Malta162 records · best Sep, Apr

Kazakhstan162 records · best Apr, Sep

Azerbaijan161 records · best Oct, Sep

Luxembourg130 records · best Sep, Aug

Bahrain111 records · best Apr, Nov

Albania103 records · best Sep, Oct

Guinea97 records · best Jan, Nov

Montenegro94 records · best Sep, Apr

Yemen92 records · best Oct, Apr

Uzbekistan84 records · best Apr, May

Sierra Leone74 records · best Dec, Jan

Bosnia and Herzegovina53 records · best Oct, Apr

Lebanon51 records · best Sep, Oct

Togo39 records · best Dec, Feb

Kyrgyzstan35 records · best Apr, Sep

Liberia35 records · best Feb, Sep

Armenia33 records · best May, Apr

Eritrea31 records · best Jan, Feb

Equatorial Guinea29 records · best Jan, Mar

Somalia29 records · best Jan, Feb

North Macedonia27 records · best Mar, Apr

Brunei27 records · best Feb, Oct

Iraq23 records · best Apr, Sep

Kosovo20 records · best Apr, Mar

Palau16 records · best Nov, Jan

Syria13 records · best Apr, May

East Timor11 records · best May, Jan

Tajikistan10 records · best Apr, Sep

Iceland9 records · best Sep, Oct

Andorra7 records · best Mar, Apr

South Sudan7 records · best Mar, Nov

Turkmenistan7 records · best May, Mar

Seychelles5 records · best Dec, May

Maldives2 records · best Feb, Nov

São Tomé and Príncipe2 records · best Jan, Feb

Monaco1 records · best Jul, Jan

Micronesia1 records · best Mar, Jan

Kiribati1 records · best Jul, Jan

Comoros1 records · best Nov, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.