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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 03:16:08 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
EN
Blakiston's Eagle-Owl*
Id (Atlas):
Bubo blakistoni
Description (10 )
Blakiston's Eagle-Owl
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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.
China (mainland) (B), Japan (B), Russia (Asian) (B).
North East Asaia, north-eastern China, south-east Russia, northern Japan.
 
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)... )
Listen to XC692539
Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni ) [XC692539 ]
by id from Margaritovo, Olginsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation (duet)
Listen to XC692535
Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni ) [XC692535 ]
by Jonathan Slaght 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Blakistons Eagle-Owl see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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