タップまたはスペースキーで鳴く Tap or spacebar to chirp Scroll down for English explanation 全長54–64cm。翼開張150–180cm。体重1.2–2kg。雄雌ほぼ同じ色彩で、背中と翼の上面は黒褐色、腹部と翼の下面は白色で、顔も白く、眼を通って首に達する太い黒褐色の線が走る。後頭部に小さな冠羽がある。嘴は黒く、脚は青灰色。 タカ科と区別される特徴として、spicule と呼ばれる足の外側にある魚を捕らえるための棘、反転する第4趾（猛禽類ではミサゴだけである）、鼻孔の弁、密生し油で耐水された羽毛があげられる 主に海岸に生息するが、内陸部の湖沼、広い河川、河口等にも生息する。水面をゆっくりと低空飛行し獲物を探す。春・秋の渡りの季節には長野県などの内陸部を移動する個体が観察される。単独かつがいで生活する。 食性は肉食性で主に魚類を食べるが、爬虫類、鳥類、貝類を食べることもある。獲物を見つけると素早く翼を羽ばたかせて空中に静止するホバリング飛行を行った後に急降下し、水面近くで脚を伸ばし両足で獲物を捕らえる。 Total length 54–64 cm. Wingspan 150–180 cm. Weight 1.2–2 kg. Males and females are nearly identical in coloration, with a blackish-brown back and upper wings, a white belly and underwings, and a white face with a thick blackish-brown line running through the eyes and down to the neck. They have a small crest on the back of their head. Their beak is black, and their legs are blue-gray. Characteristics that distinguish them from hawks include spicules, spines on the outside of their feet used to catch fish, an inverted fourth toe (only found in ospreys among birds of prey), nostril flaps, and dense, oily, waterproof feathers. They primarily inhabit coastal areas, but also inland lakes, ponds, wide rivers, and estuaries. They fly slowly and low over the water's surface to search for prey. During the spring and autumn migration seasons, individuals have been observed migrating inland to areas such as Nagano Prefecture. They live alone or in pairs. They are carnivorous, mainly eating fish, but also reptiles, birds, and shellfish. When they find prey, they quickly flap their wings to hover in the air, then dive down, stretching their legs near the water surface and grabbing the prey with both feet.
音源 効果音ラボ ミサゴの鳴き声
