Osprey
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Order : Accipitriformes
Family : Pandionidés Scientific name : Pandion haliaetus
Synonyms : osprey, eagle osprey, Raisnbhar (Tamazight), Sernouf (Arab), Visarend (Neerl), Fischadler (Ale), Falco pescatore (Ital), Águila will pescadora (Espa), Osprey, Fiskgjuse (Sued), Skopa (Russ)
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- Biometrics :
Cut: 55 to 69 cm
Scale: 145 to 170 cm
Weight: M: 1200 to 1600 gr. F: 1600 with 2000gr
Longevity : 32 years
- Distribution:
Species presents at Morocco in a wild state. Probably greatest community of the ospreys on the level of Meditarrannée which is on the level of the Al-Hoceima National park
Statute : rare nichor. migrating. wintering occasional. Protected species (red list)
- Identification:
Diurnal raptor piscivorous of average size to long wings narrow. family eagles. No other bird of prey do not show a so strong contrast between the dark brown back and the clear white chest. Dark spots with the wrists. Pale head with a black stringcourse on the eye. Bandage dark on the chest. Barred tail. Legs stripped, fingers very powerful with the long claws.
Song: Plaintive cry yip yip yip.
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Habitat:
The large cliff wall of Bokkoya reaching up to 600 m of altitude and plunging directly in a deep sea “Al Hoceima National park shelters LE osprey, which remains near the marine aquatic environments considering its mode exclusvement piscivorous.
Here the nest of Sidi Abid probalement best placed on this strategic course whose water has a physicochemical characteristic rich person thanks to the strong currents which govern them.
Colony of a vigtaine of couple not listed depui 1989, whose this project between AZIR and the UNDP Fem/fem aims at a new census and a study of some visible nests since cliffs by terrestrial way because the Majority of the nests are accessible only since the sea.
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Behaviors:
Here this osprey carries out one parades bridal spectacular, being used to him to attract a female malgrés that the fgemmelle one here in question is already in phase of photo coupling “of enbas”. what judges good state of this population, where the intraspecific coercions are strong.
It rises quickly up to 300 meters height and more, by holding a fish in its serres. Il effectue un bref vol stationnaire en exhibant le poisson, avant de plonger, ailes fermées.
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It carries out a brief hovering by exhibant fish, before plunging, wings closed.
The osprey is also characterized by its cry consisted a series from acute whistles emitted in decrescendo.
Flight: With its wings bent and its falling hands, it perhaps sometimes confused with a seagull
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The coupling of the Ospreys began this year since the beginning of second half of March; here the photo one was taken the 11/03/2007 with 16h30min in front of the spectacular parades of two autes male. indeed this female has many time courted by two other Ospreys which passed while exhibant each one its fish. |
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Nesting: The nest of the osprey is built branches and resembles a nest of the storks it and posed on a headland, at an altitude varying between 30 and 120 meter on the level of cliffs of Bokkoya, contrary to that of Europe it seen forever on a large tree, pylon electric. or built with ground.
In a general way, it is used several consecutive years and with the passing of years, it can reach a rather imposing dimension | .
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. With the top of the nest of Sidi Abid one can see in powerful Telescope the eggs which has just laid this female on March 16, the female lays usually 3 eggs white-cream stained of brown-russet-red that it broods for one period from 34 to 40 days. |
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The young people let us oisillons were observed on April 24, 2007 The friends of the Osprey of the college Omar Bnou Al-Khattab were very surprised large size of the wolf of sea which has just driven out the male, of which it east nourishes the part higher “head” captured than surface of water: it must weigh nearly one kilogramme. | |
