an osprey, a bird (see attestations)
Ā-ITZ-CUĀUH-TLI, literally, “Golden Eagle of the water,” Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [FC: 41] Aitzquauhtli: “It is like the Golden Eagle. Its head is a little golden, a little more black. Its bill is a little blackish, somewhat yellow. On its breast, its back, its wings it is completely black [and] gold…. It is named aitzquauhtli because when it goes flying high, if it wishes to eat, from there it streaks down. When it descends, it goes whirring, it suddenly dives into the water; it seizes whatever it wishes to eat, perhaps a fish. The lagoon water does not damage its eyes.” This could only be the Osprey.
an osprey