Buffy Fish Owl Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ketupa ketupa
Family : Strigidae
Order : Strigiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Mangrove forest
Description : The Buffy Fish Owl is a large, buff coloured night bird with a conspicuous white forehead (adult bird length approximately 50 cm, weight 1.2 kg, wing 36 cm). It has rufous-orange upperparts with thick and prominent black streaking. It feeds mainly on fish. It also takes insects, beetles, frogs, reptiles, small mammals, bats and carrion. It breeds in December-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Glaucidium brodiei
(Collared Owlet) -
Strix leptogrammica
(Brown Wood Owl) -
Ketupa flavipes
(Tawny Fish Owl) -
Bubo coromandus
(Dusky Eagle-Owl) -
Otus lettia
(Collared Scops Owl) -
Ketupa zeylonensis
(Brown Fish Owl) -
Otus spilocephalus
(Mountain Scops Owl) -
Athene brama
(Spotted Owlet) -
Glaucidium cuculoides
(Asian Barred Owlet) -
Bubo nipalensis
(Spot‑bellied Eagle-Owl)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Erik De Boer(www.inaturalist.org/people/Erik De Boer),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Erik De Boer(www.inaturalist.org/people/Erik De Boer),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.