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 | | The Osprey (left, in a fine shot by John Van de Graaff) has traditionally been considered to belong to its own monotypic family, the Pandionidae. |
 | | This arrangement emphasizes several unique features of this "fish-hawk:" numerous adaptations for a life of fishing (reversible outer toe, spiny foot pads, nasal valves that close underwater, and more). |
 | | Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K. Poole, A.F. Family Pandionidae (Osprey), pp. |
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