Blakiston's Eagle-Owl (Bubo blakistoni)

Other Names (World)
Blakiston's Eagle-Owl, Blakiston's Fish-Owl, Blakiston's Fish Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
60 - 72 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Seebohm, 1884)

Habitat
Mature, mixed boreal riparian forest in lowlands and mountains, usually with rivers, lakes and springs that do not freeze in winter.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B), Japan (B), Russia (Asian) (B).

North East Asaia, north-eastern China, south-east Russia, northern Japan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1000 - 2499 (2020) and decreasing.

Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Crepuscular, nocturnal.

Voice
Very deep, echoing duet: male, a deep 'boo-boo', followed immediately by female's even more sonorous signle 'bu'. This duet is repeated in short or long series at about one minute intervals.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) [XC211138]
by Peter Boesman from Washi-no-Yado, Rausu-ch\u014d, Hokkaid\u014d, Japan (call)

Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) [XC692536]
by Sergey Surmach from Leonovka, Terneysky District, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (duet)

Subspecies
Has been treated as forming superspecies with, or even conspecific with, Brown Fish-owl (Ketupa zeylonensis).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

piscivorus Meise, 1933 - Western Manchuria (west of Great Khingan Mountains).
doerriesi Seebohm, 1895 - South-eastern Siberia and extreme north-eastern China, to Korean border.
karafutonis Kuroda, 1931 - Sakhalin I.
blakistoni (Seebohm, 1884) - Hokkaido and southern Kuril Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blakistons Eagle-Owl (Bubo blakistoni) - 10 files

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