OSPREY

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 55 - 61 cm (20 - 23 in). White head and neck with broad black eyeline,
blackish-brown nape and upperparts together with white underparts with blackish brown streaked breast diagnostic.
Iris yellow, legs greyish.

Occurs throughout temperate and sub-tropical latitudes worldwide;northern populations are migratory,
wintering south to tropical and equatorial regions.  In Malaysia it is a non-breeding visitor at low elevations,
 south to Singapore. Fairly common during and between autumn and spring migration. 
Found in mangroves, coasts, fish ponds, settled mining pools and forested waterways.