Fish owls | |
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Buffy Fish Owl | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Inopinaves |
Clade: | Afroaves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Subfamily: | Striginae |
Tribe: | Bubonini |
Genus: | Ketupa Horsfield, 1821 |
Fish owls (Ketupa) are a group of Asian owls in the Strigidae family.
Etymology[]
From the Malay word kĕtupok, meaning fish owl.[8]
Taxonomy[]
Fish owls were formerly placed in the genus Bubo.
Species[]
It contains the following species:
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl, Ketupa nipalensis
- Barred Eagle-Owl, Ketupa sumatrana
- Nduk Eagle-Owl / Usambara Eagle Owl, Ketupa vosseleri
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl, Ketupa poensis
- Philippine Eagle-Owl, Ketupa philippensis
- Blakiston's Fish-Owl, Bubo blakistoni
- Brown Fish-Owl, Bubo zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish-Owl, Bubo flavipes
- Buffy Fish-Owl, Bubo ketupu
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Bubo nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Bubo sumatranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Bubo poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ketupa ketupu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ketupa flavipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ketupa zeylonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ketupa blakistoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Ketupa." Merriam-Webster.com. Accessed October 30, 2016. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ketupa
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