What Is The Scientific Name Of Western Osprey? (ANSWER)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF WESTERN OSPREY – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the binomial or scientific name of Western osprey.
It is a bird of prey of the osprey family Pandionidae. It is known as the osprey, sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk.
The bird tolerates a wide variety of habitats and nests in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply.
The osprey’s diet nearly exclusively of fish. It is nearly the same size with the Buteo or Falco genus,
Its upperparts are a deep, glossy brown while its chest is white and sometimes streaked with brown. The underparts, on the other hand, are pure white.
It has a white head with its eyes covered with a dark mask.
Answer
The binomial name of osprey is Pandion haliaetus.
Pandion is a genus of osprey in the family Pandionidae. It is the said family’s only genus. The term Pandion is derived from the mythical Greek king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, Pandion II.
The species name haliaetus, on the other hanmd, is derived from two Ancient Greek words hali– which means “sea, and setos, which means “eagle”, forming the term haliaietos, meaning “sea eagle”.
