Blakiston's Fish-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.

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) [XC424565]
by JACOB Herv\u00e9 from Oketo-ch\u014d, Tokoro-gun, Hokkaid\u014d, Japan (song)

Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) [XC692533]
by Evgeny Kozlowsky from Kunashir, Peschanoye Lake, 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 Fish-Owl (Bubo blakistoni) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Blakistons Fish-Owl see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Blakistons Fish-Owl

If you would like to read any articles about the Blakistons Fish-Owl...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Blakistons Fish-Owl

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Blakistons Fish-Owl or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (10)

No Videos of Blakistons Fish-Owl

If Birdpedia has no videos of Blakistons Fish-Owl or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)

Where can I observe this species?

Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area

All

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.

Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	GPS help

Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	Find GPS using Google Maps

Distance	Bearing
		Get Sample GPS readings

On What Field Trips was this species observed?

Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area

All

From	To

Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	GPS help

Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or

Distance	Bearing
		Get Sample GPS readings

Latest Sightings for Blakistons Fish-Owl