Owls

Buffy Fish Owl

Ketupa ketupu

The Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) is a 1.3 kg river bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

1.3 kg

Habitat

Riverine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam.

Where to see it: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (Singapore); Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge · General Area (please use more specific location if possible) (Malaysia); Ulu Ulu National Park Resort (Brunei Darussalam); Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore); Khao Yai NP* general (use more precise loc.) (Thailand).

Photo: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist