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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Pandion haliaetus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Pandionidae

Genus

Pandion

Species

Pandion haliaetus

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey · ミサゴ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

55~58cm · No data (Wingspan 1.45m)

Mass · Top Speed

1.2~2kg · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Watersides such as seas, lakes, and rivers, salt marshes, mangroves, and reservoirs

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 It also builds nests on utility poles and human-made artificial nest platforms.
💡 Its weight of 2.0 kg is similar to a 2 L bottle of water (Comparison).
💡 Its wingspan of 1.7 m is similar to the height of an adult human (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)37

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#물수리#Pandion haliaetus

📖 1. Overview

The Osprey is a fish-eating bird of prey found near water worldwide, and in Korea it is a winter visitor and passage migrant.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its belly is white and a dark stripe runs across the eye. Its soles have spiny spicules, its outer toe is reversible, and its nostrils close when diving into water to keep water out.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Over 99% of its diet is fish, which it snatches with its feet after hovering over the water and plunging down. It builds nests on cliffs, islands, buoys, dead trees, and artificial structures, usually laying 2–4 eggs.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In Korea, it is Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) and is a winter visitor and passage migrant observed mainly around Jeju Island and the southern coast.