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title: "Rybołów"
description: "Pandion haliaetus — Ptaki. The osprey (; Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/osprey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rybołów

> Pandion haliaetus — Ptaki. The osprey (; Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

- Scientific name: *Pandion haliaetus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 223653
- Wikidata: [Q25332](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25332)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116999)

## Names

- en: Osprey
- de: Fischadler
- es: Águila pescadora
- fr: Balbuzard pêcheur
- it: Falco pescatore
- nl: Visarend
- pt: Águia pescadora
- pl: Rybołów

## Countries with the most observations

US (140532), CA (19532), MX (13961), AU (8105), RU (3373), ES (1457), FR (1403), JP (1372), TW (1282), DE (1273), GB (1268), PT (1161)

## Summary

The osprey (; Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and a wingspan of 180 cm (71 in). It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey is distributed on all continents except Antarctica, but in South America, it occurs only as a nonbreeding migrant. It lives in a wide variety of habitats and nests in locations near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It has specialised physical characteristics…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey

## Photo

![Rybołów](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/osprey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jasper Shide · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176662160

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/osprey?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).