Brown Fish Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Brown Fish Owl, Ketupa zeylonensis, is an owl of the Oriental Region and the Palearctic, ranging from the Middle East to south-east Asia. It belongs to the family Strigidae and was described by Gmelin in 1788. It is found in forests and wooded wetlands. Among the living fish owls, it has the broadest range and is the one most often encountered and most thoroughly known. Its recognised subspecies include forms from south-east Turkey and the Middle East to north-west India, India to west Thailand, Sri Lanka, and north-east Myanmar to south-east China, Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.

Order

Strigiformes

Family

Strigidae — Owls

Breeding range

Oriental Region, Palearctic: Middle East to se Asia