Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Tawny Fish-owl (Ketupa flavipes) - HBW 5, p. 193
French: Kétoupa roux
German: Himalayafischuhu
Spanish: Búho Pescador Leonado
Taxonomy: Cultrunguis Flavipes Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
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. ketupu, the two replacing each other geographically. Monotypic.
Distribution: Himalayas from NW India, Nepal and Bhutan to NE India, E to C China and Taiwan, and S to N Bangladesh, NE Myanmar and S Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird still on a branch Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Guus van Duin 2 January 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
An adult perched on a branch in a tree Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 7 years ago 43 sec 3.9 -
A bird at its day roost, looking into the camera. Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird at its dayroost, turning its head. Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 14 sec 3.3 -
A bird sleeping in a tree. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched in a tree during the day. Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 19 sec 3.3
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Adult perched at day roost in tree.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Allan Hopkins 5 April 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Adult Perched
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Jack Piper 22 November 2005 3 years ago 3.8 -
Two birds
Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India
Guy Poisson 14 November 2006 1 year ago 3.2 -
Adult bird perched in tree on road from Punakha to Gangtey, Bhutan.
Locality Bhutan
David M. Gascoigne 11 April 2007 1 year ago 2.7 -
Tawny Fish-owl on a day roost.
Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 8 February 2008 2 years ago 2.7
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