Australia east to New Caledonia, and north through New Guinea to Java and Sulawesi. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) [XC658934]
by Greg McLachlan from Charles Darwin University, Darwin Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia (call)
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) [XC169637]
by nick talbot from Puaskanai, Tsoilik, New Hanover, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).