Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
Heb.'ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:13; Dt. 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe found in Palestine.