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Michele Mendi

Fish-eating diurnal bird of prey with cosmopolitan/worldwide distribution. Migratory strategies vary from resident to migratory. European ospreys migrate, except in some Mediterranean islands, where most birds are resident (BirdLife International 2021, Monti 2021). Migratory populations from Europe winter across a wide belt from west to east in sub-Saharan Africa (Hake et al. 2001Zwarts et al. 2009), though some birds also overwinter in S Europe/N Africa. 

Season of assessment

B

Population trendIncreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
19200-27100,23000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
N records N individuals N recoveries
Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries