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Osprey

Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Fish Hawk, Seahawk. Occurrence records of the Osprey are shared on GBIF from around 13 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Steenbok Nature Reserve (92 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern
13reserves with records
389records around them
4provinces
LCIUCN category
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Photo: El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserveWC Western Cape92
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal81
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserveWC Western Cape76
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga36
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal28
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal26
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape22
Inkwenkwezi Private Game ReserveGame reserveEC Eastern Cape7
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga6
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage siteKZN KwaZulu-Natal5
Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal4
Hazelmere Dam and Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
CrocworldNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
7 reserves
Mpumalanga
2 reserves
Western Cape
2 reserves
Eastern Cape
2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Pandionidae
Scientific name
Pandion haliaetus
GBIF taxon
2480726
Wikidata
Q25332

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.