About Buffy Fish Owl (Click-Readmore)
 BUFFY FISH OWL
Scientific name: Ketupa ketupu
Family: Strigidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Genus: Bubo
Species: B. ketupu
Size: Length 40-48cm.
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Description:
Large orange-brown owl with prominent “horns” and bright yellow eyes. Upper parts are rich brown, while the feathers of the back and mantle are blackish-brown, broadly margined with buff and whitish spots near the tips.
Distribution:
Buffy Fish Owls are found in South Burma, south and east to Trung Phan, peninsular Thailand and Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra with neighbouring islands on the West side, Mangka, Belitung, Java, Bali and Borneo.
Diet:
Fish, lizards and small rodents
Habitat:
Common in forested areas near water, often close to human habitations. Also found in mangrove forest and other coastal areas with woods and bushes.
Mortality:
Buffy Fish Owls have lived for over 30 years in captivity. |
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