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[[Image:BZ1E0891.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|chrisli|chrisli}}<br />[[Singapore]], March 2010]]
 
;[[:Category:Ketupa|Ketupa]] ketupu
 
;[[:Category:Ketupa|Ketupa]] ketupu
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
50cm.  Finely streaked, buffy undersides, dark brown barred upper parts, prominent white patch on forehead above bill, bright yellow iris, prominent ear-tufts.
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38–44 cm (15-17¼ in); the smallest fish owl<br />
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*Finely streaked, buffy undersides
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*Dark brown barred upper parts
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*Prominent white patch on forehead above bill
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*Bright yellow iris
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*Prominent ear-tufts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Cocos Islands]], [[India]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], and [[Vietnam]].
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[[Image:Filtered ND4 9511 Medium .JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />[[Singapore]], April 2016]]
 
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[[Asia]] and [[Australasia]] <br />
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[[India]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]],  [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[Bali]]<br />
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'''Australasia''': Cocos (Keeling) Island
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 4 subspecies.
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Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Bubo|Bubo]]''.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''K. k. aagaardi'':
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:*Southern Assam to southern [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]
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*''K. k. ketupu'':
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:*[[Malay Peninsula]], Riau Archaepelago, [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Borneo]] and Bangka
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*''K. k. minor'':
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:*Nias Island (off north-western [[Sumatra]])
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*''K. k. pageli'':
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:*North-Western [[Borneo]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist montanes, woods and forests.
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[[Image:1710508-01-01-01-1500x1123.jpeg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''ketupu''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|darwin1601|darwin1601}}<br />Kinabatangan River, Sabah, [[Borneo]], [[Malaysia]], November 2018]]
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Forested rivers, streams and lakes also trees bordering fishponds and rice fields.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes fish and other aquatic life.
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[[File:Buffy_Fish_Owl_Flight_JW.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh }}<br />[[Singapore]], 01 January 2012]]
 
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====Diet====
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The diet consists mostly of fish, other aquatic life, small mammals, rats and mice, and birds.
 
==References==
 
==References==
Nature Watch, Singapore
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Avibase
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#Nature Watch, Singapore
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Ketupa+ketupu}}
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{{GSearch|"Ketupa ketupu" {{!}} "Buffy Fish Owl"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ketupa]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ketupa]]

Latest revision as of 10:24, 23 June 2023

Photo © by chrisli
Singapore, March 2010
Ketupa ketupu

Identification

38–44 cm (15-17¼ in); the smallest fish owl

  • Finely streaked, buffy undersides
  • Dark brown barred upper parts
  • Prominent white patch on forehead above bill
  • Bright yellow iris
  • Prominent ear-tufts

Distribution

Juvenile
Photo © by jweeyh
Singapore, April 2016

Asia and Australasia
India
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Bali
Australasia: Cocos (Keeling) Island

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in the genus Bubo.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • K. k. aagaardi:
  • K. k. ketupu:
  • K. k. minor:
  • Nias Island (off north-western Sumatra)
  • K. k. pageli:

Habitat

Subspecies ketupu
Photo © by darwin1601
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, November 2018

Forested rivers, streams and lakes also trees bordering fishponds and rice fields.

Behaviour

Photo © by jweeyh
Singapore, 01 January 2012

Diet

The diet consists mostly of fish, other aquatic life, small mammals, rats and mice, and birds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Nature Watch, Singapore
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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