Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Buffy Fish-Owl*
Id (Atlas):
Ketupa ketupu
Description (10 )
Buffy Fish-Owl
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Other Scientific Names
Bubo ketupu [Christidis and Boles (2008)]
Other Names (World)
Buffy Fish-Owl, Javan Fish-owl, Malay Fish-owl, Malaysian Fish-owl, Buffy Fish Owl
Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)
Size
38 - 44 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Horsfield, 1821)
Habitat
Forested areas near water including forest-lined rivers and lakes, estuaries, paddyfields, mangroves, urban parks. From sea-level - 1,600 m.
Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), India (E) (B), Indonesia (B), Laos, Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Singapore (E), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).
Vagrant to Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Habits
Nocturnal, sometimes crepuscular.
Food
Crustaceans, aquatic insects, small fish, frogs, small birds and mammals.
Voice
Various including a harsh, upslurred scream, a long wailing 'aaiee' and a fluty, melancholy 'pop pop...', repeated about 0.5 intervals.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)... )
Listen to XC190447
Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu ) [XC190447 ]
by Hans Matheve from Libong Island, Na Kluea, Kantang District, Trang, Thailand (call)
Listen to XC269833
Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu ) [XC269833 ]
by Brendan Sloan from near Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (call)
Nest
In a hollow of a tree.
Eggs (Guide )
2.
Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Tawny Fish-owl (Ketupa flavipes ), the two replacing each other geographically. Subspecies minor sometimes incorrectly referred to as "buettikoferi ". Subspecies aagaardi intergrades with nominate ketupu .
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
aagaardi (Horsfield, 1821) - Southern Assam to southern Thailand and Vietnam.
ketupu (Horsfield, 1821) - Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung, Java, Bali, and Borneo (except north-west).
minor Büttikofer, 1896 - Nias I, off western Sumatra.
pageli (Neumann, 1935) - North-western Borneo.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Buffy Fish-Owl see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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