page_title: List of birds of Saudi Arabia
section_title: Osprey
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Saudi Arabia / Osprey
caption_attribution_description: Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Morro Bay, California, USA.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Saudi Arabia. The avifauna of Saudi Arabia include a total of 540 species, of which 12 have been introduced by humans. 25 species are globally threatened.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Saudi Arabia.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental – a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Saudi Arabia
  (I) Introduced – a species introduced to Saudi Arabia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated – a species that no longer occurs in Saudi Arabia although populations exist elsewhere
  (X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists
context_section_description: Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae
  The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
  Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
caption: Osprey, a bird in Saudi Arabia.
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