Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Osprey FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Pandion haliaetus SYNONYMS - Falco haliaetus - Linnaeus, 1758 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 38 Resident, species present all year. 38 Apparently secure in Belize 37 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 37 Of concern: cayes and coastal zone 36 Resident, species present all year. 2 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 31 District Reference Belize 3 Cayo 4 Corozal 15 Orange Walk 4 Stann Creek 10 Toledo 30 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Coastal zone, not including cayes. Sighting Wet season 24 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Wet season 23 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 15 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 20 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 33 Gallon Jug 19 Gallon Jug 4 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Wet season 14 Bladen Nature Reserve 11 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 32 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 12 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 26 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Accidental 27 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Permanent 28 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 14 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 18 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 7 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve 13 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 9 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 3 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose 18 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 17 Private land, see comments Dry season 16 Private land, see comments 10 Private land, see comments 18 Private land, see comments 6 Private land, see comments 8 Government land Sighting August 29 Government land Collected as voucher Wet season 35 Government land Dry season 23 Ambergris Cay 21 Cayes, other; see comments 14 Cayes, other; see comments Dry season 22 Cayes, other; see comments Dry season 23 Turneffe Reef Sighting Wet season 25 Turneffe Reef Dry season 18 Monkey River Special Development Area 30 Glovers Reef Marine Reserve 14 Glovers Reef Marine Reserve 18 Snake Cayes 14 Silk Cayes (Proposed) 14 Caye Caulker Sighting Dry season 5 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 33 Belize River 6 Bladen Branch 11 Cox's Lagoon 3 Macal River 8 Mussel Creek 9 Sittee River 10 Sibun River 12 New River 13 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 29 1-200 m 33 1-200 m 34 1-200 m 35 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 34 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 34 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 33 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 23 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 34 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 23 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 7 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 18 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 22 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 35 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 23 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 29 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 15 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 30 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 14 16 10' to 16 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 00' to 88 15' 14 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 14 16 30' to 16 45'; 87 45' to 88 00' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 26 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 27 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 28 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00' 18 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00' 25 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 21 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 16 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 35 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 34 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 29 Subtropical wet 32 Subtropical moist 34 Subtropical moist 33 Marine 28 Marine 27 Marine 26 General Distribution Comments 38* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Common mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches. Common cayes inc. Ambergris. 2* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests, uncommon in coastal savannahs, common in mangroves & beaches along coastal mainland, common in cayes inc. Ambergris. 23* Caye Chapel; Rio On sawmill 22* did not state which cayes 18* Calabash Cay; Belize; Middle Cay 17* USAID Office 16* Gold Button Ranch 14* Sapodilla Cayes and Ranguana 11* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; lower Quebrada de Oro & Bladen from Calera to Hellgate; Upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro 10* Possum Point Biological Station 8* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 6* Banana Bank Ranch References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 3 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Check-list - Birds of Caye Caulker. 6 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 7 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1993. Preliminary Avian Survey of Burdon Canal Nature Reserve. Unpublished report for the Forest Department 8 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 9 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 10 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 11 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 12 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 13 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 14 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 15 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 16 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 17 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 18 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 19 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 20 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 21 Forsythe, D. 1994. Unpublished Belize Trip list June 18-21. 22 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 23 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 24 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 25 Platt, S. G. 1994. Checklist of Fauna Recorded During Crocodile Surveys of Turneffe Atoll. Unpub. checklist. 26 Meadows, M. 1982. A Trip to Half Moon Caye 26-30 July, 1982. Belize Audubon Society Bulletin. 14(6):1-2. 27 Miller, C. M., B. W. Miller. 1995. Avian Surveys: Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 28 Pomeroy, C. 1989. Internship Report, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 29 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 30 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Appendix: Bird List. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 31 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 32 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 33 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 34 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 35 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 36 McRae, E., 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to Their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce Their impact. Unpublished report. 37 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 38 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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