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Brown Fish-Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Cat Tien National Park
4 Verified records at Cat Tien National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae. It is native from Turkey to South and Southeast Asia. Due its wide distribution it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It inhabits forests and wooded wetlands. Of the four living species of fish owl, it is the most widely distributed, most common and best-studied. It occupies a range of over 7,000 km (4,300 mi). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Cat Tien National Park

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ketupa nipalensis

<5% · Rare
Buffy Fish-Owl
LC

Buffy Fish-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ketupa ketupu

Insufficient data
Tawny Fish-Owl
LC

Tawny Fish-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Ketupa flavipes

Insufficient data
Asian Barred Owlet
LC

Asian Barred Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium cuculoides

20–30% · Possible
Brown Boobook
LC

Brown Boobook

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ninox scutulata

10–20% · With luck
Collared Scops Owl
LC Endemic

Collared Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus lettia

5–10% · With luck
Oriental Scops Owl
LC

Oriental Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus sunia

<5% · Rare
Brown Wood Owl
LC

Brown Wood Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix leptogrammica

Insufficient data
Collared Owlet
LC

Collared Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium brodiei

Insufficient data
Mountain Scops-Owl
LC Endemic

Mountain Scops-Owl

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Otus spilocephalus

Insufficient data
Oriental Bay-Owl
LC

Oriental Bay-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phodilus badius

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Brown Fish-Owl at Cat Tien National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
2 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
6 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
10 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
11 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
12 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
14 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
15 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
16 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
17 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
19 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
20 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
21 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
22 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
23 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
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