Owls

Brown Fish Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis

The Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) is a 1.1 kg river bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

1.1 kg

Habitat

Riverine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Turkey, Thailand, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar.

Where to see it: Tmatboey (Cambodia); Uda Walawe NP (Sri Lanka); Yala National Park (General) (Sri Lanka); Rajshahi University Campus (Rajshahi) (Bangladesh); Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - General (Nepal).

Photo: (c) Viral joshi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist