The Story
I photographed this Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) at the Raudal del Guayabero, near San José del Guaviare, Guaviare, Colombia, in February 2021. Historically known as the sea hawk, river hawk and fish hawk, it is a fish-eating raptor found nearly worldwide. Adults are 50 to 66 centimeters long with a wingspan of up to 180 centimeters. It lives in many kinds of habitat and nests near water that offers enough food. The sexes look fairly similar, but the male has a slimmer body and narrower wings. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 800mm f/11 for this one, at 1/1500 sec, f/11, ISO 800, −1.5 EV. The Raudal del Guayabero is a narrows where the Guayabero River runs between the Serranía de La Lindosa and the Serranía de la Macarena, about 38 kilometers by fast boat from San José del Guaviare.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) belongs to the family Pandionidae (Osprey) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2021), with the population trend listed as increasing. Source: IUCN Red List