Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Buffy Fish-owl (Ketupa ketupu) - HBW 5, p. 194
French: Kétoupa malais
German: Sundafischuhu
Spanish: Búho Pescador Malayo
Other common names: Javan/Malay/Malaysian Fish-owl
Taxonomy: Strix Ketupu Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Genus Ketupa sometimes merged with Bubo, or treated as a subgenus; separated on basis of slight differences in skull morphology. Probably forms superspecies with K. flavipes, the two replacing each other geographically. Race minor sometimes incorrectly referred to as “buettikoferi”. Race aagaardi intergrades with nominate ketupu. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aagaardi (Neumann, 1935) - S Assam to S Thailand and Vietnam.
- ketupu (Horsfield, 1821) - Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung, Java, Bali, and Borneo (except NW).
- minor Büttikofer, 1896 - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
- pageli (Neumann, 1935) - NW Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird standing on a trunk, overhanging a river Locality Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
Keith Blomerley 16 September 2001 5 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
Bird looks around before flying off overhead Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
Rob Hutchinson 9 April 2012 49 weeks ago 21 sec 4.6 -
An adult and two juveniles - the juveniles calling Locality Krabi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp ketupu)
Greg Baker 21 November 2000 2 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A bird on a branch at night Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
John Gregory 14 November 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A roosting bird looking around Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
Keith Blomerley 22 September 2001 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A pair perched, at night, one of them flying away Locality River Lodge, Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
Barry Attridge 20 July 2007 5 years ago 16 sec 4.1
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Perched at the bank of the Kinabatangan River at night.
Locality Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
Henrik Bringsøe 8 February 2007 1 year ago 4.6 -
An adult Buffy Fish Owl roosting during the day with a parent (not in this photo)
Locality Singapore (ssp ketupu)
Howard Banwell 20 February 2010 3 years ago 4.3 -
A juvenile roosting during the day with a parent (not in this photo)
Locality Singapore (ssp ketupu)
Howard Banwell 20 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Fish lover bird
Locality Sri Phang-nga National Park, Phang Nga Province, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp (Ketupa ketupu) )
p.supat 18 February 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
Female Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu) at Cologne Zoo.
Locality Cologne Zoo, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Elias Neideck 36 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird perched on a branch (at night).
Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp ketupu)
James Eaton 1 November 2010 25 weeks ago 3.7
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Calls by two juveniles in the forest. Locality Krabi, Southern Thailand, Thailand
(ssp ketupu)
Greg Baker 21 November 2000 15 weeks ago 4
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