WoRMS taxon details

Pandion Savigny, 1809

159375  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159375)

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Description Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no...  
Description Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no suborbital ridge; bill strong and sharply hooked with slit-like closable nostrils; legs and feet powerful; outer toe reversible and soles covered with sharp spicules. Feeds almost exclusively on fish. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Pandion Savigny, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159375 on 2024-04-16
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2022-06-08 08:57:25Z
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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Description Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no suborbital ridge; bill strong and sharply hooked with slit-like closable nostrils; legs and feet powerful; outer toe reversible and soles covered with sharp spicules. Feeds almost exclusively on fish. [details]
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Japanese ミサゴ属  [details]