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Tawny Fish-Owl

Ketupa flavipes (Hodgson, BH 1836)

The tawny fish owl is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae. It is native from southern Nepal to Bangladesh, Vietnam and China. Due to its wide geographical distribution, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Ketupa
Scientific:
  Ketupa flavipes

Original description

Citation:
  (Hodgson, BH 1836)

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5 p.364 pl.26

Protonym:
  Cultrunguis Flavipes

Type locality:
  Nepal.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188473

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  67CA1D2676A192A5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-67CA1D26

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/67CA1D26

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555420

Geographic range:

  • Ketupa flavipes: Himalayas to s China, ne Myanmar, s Indochina and Taiwan
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tawny Fish-Owl
Catalan:
Duc pescador lleonat
Czech:
ketupa žlutonohá
Danish:
Gulbenet Fiskeugle
German:
Himalajafischuhu
Spanish:
Búho Pescador Leonado
Spanish (Spain):
Búho Pescador Leonado
Finnish:
vuorikalahuuhkaja
French:
Grand-duc roux
Croatian:
ušara ribarica
Hungarian:
himalájai halászbagoly
Italian:
Gufo pescatore fulvo
Japanese (romaji):
uomimizuku
Japanese:
ウオミミズク
Lithuanian:
Himalajinis žuvinis apuokas
Dutch:
Himalayavisuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rustfiskeugle
Norwegian:
Rustfiskeugle
Polish:
ketupa rdzawa
Portuguese:
Coruja-pescadora
Portuguese (Portugal):
bufo-pescador-fulvo
Russian:
Гималайский рыбный филин
Slovak:
ketupa hrdzavá
Serbian:
Kineska sova ribar
Swedish:
himalayafiskuv
Ukrainian:
Пугач-рибоїд рудий
Chinese:
黄腿渔鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
黃魚鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Kétoupa roux ( Ketupa flavipes)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Kétoupa roux ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 1st edition:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2021:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2022:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2023:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 3rd edition:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 4th edition:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2015:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2016:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2017:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 1.50:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 1.52:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 1.53:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 1.54:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 1.55:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2015:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2016:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2017:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2018:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2019:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2021:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2022:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
eBird version 2023:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Bubo flavipes)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Bubo flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Tawny Fish-owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Oriental Bird Club:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ketupa flavipes
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ketupa flavipes
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ketupa flavipes
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Tawny Fish-Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Tawny Fish Owl ( Ketupa flavipes)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ketupa flavipes
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ketupa flavipes

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: তাভামট হভমছা঩যাুঁচা , তামাটে মেছোপ্যাঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): tāmāṭē mēchōpyām̐cā
Catalan: Duc pescador lleonat
Czech: Ketupa žlutonohá
Danish: Gulbenet Fiskeugle
German: Himalajafischuhu, Himalayafischuhu, Himalaya-Fischuhu, Himalayafishuhu
English: Tawny Fish Owl, Tawny Fish-Owl, Twany fish owl
English, HBW: Tawny Fish-owl
English (IOC): Tawny Fish Owl
English (United States): Tawny Fish-Owl
Esperanto: Hindoĉina fiŝgufo
Spanish: Búho Pescador Amarillento, Búho Pescador Leonado
Spanish (Spain): Búho Pescador Leonado
Spanish (HBW): Tawny Fish-Owl
Estonian: ida-kalakakk
Finnish: Vuorikalahuuhkaja
French: Grand-duc roux, Hibou pêcheur roux, Hibou-pêcheur roux, Kétoupa roux
Croatian: ušara ribarica
Hungarian: himalájai halászbagoly
Italian: Gufo fulvo pescatore, Gufo pescatore fulvo
Japanese (romaji): uo mimi-zuku, uomimizuku
Japanese: ウオミミズク
Japanese (Kanji): 魚木菟
Scientific: Bubo flavipes, Cultrunguis Flavipes, Ketupa flavipes
Lithuanian: Himalajinis žuvinis apuokas
Nepali: कैलो मलाहा हुचील
Dutch: Geelpootvisuil, Himalaja-visuil, Himalayavisuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rustfiskeugle
Norwegian: Rustfiskeugle
Polish: ketupa rdzawa
Pinyin: huáng yú-xiāo, huáng-jiǎo yú-xiāo, huáng-tuǐ yú-xiāo, máo-jiǎo yú-xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-pescadora
Portuguese (Portugal): bufo-pescador-fulvo
Russian: Гималайский рыбный филин, Филин рыжий рыбный
Slovak: ketupa hrdzavá
Serbian: Kineska sova ribar
Swedish: Gulfotad fiskuv, himalayafiskuv
Turkish: Kumral Balık Baykuşu
Ukrainian: Пугач-рибоїд рудий
Vietnamese: Chim Dù dì hung, Dù dì hung
Chinese: 毛脚鱼鸮, 黃魚鴞, 黄脚渔鸮, 黄脚鱼, 黄脚鱼号鸟, 黄腿渔鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 毛腳魚鴞, 黃漁鴞, 黃腳漁鴞, 黃腿漁鴞, 黃魚鴞, 黄腳漁鴞, 黄腿漁鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黃魚鴞, 黄魚鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 黃鱼鸮, 黄鱼鸮

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