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Buffy Fish-Owl

Ketupa ketupu (Horsfield, T 1821)

The buffy fish owl, also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Southeast Asia and lives foremost in tropical forests and wetlands. Due to its wide distribution and assumed stable population, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Horsfield, T 1821)

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.141

Protonym:
  Strix Ketupu

Type locality:
  Java.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754874

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C1AAB74D595547CA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C1AAB74D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C1AAB74D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555421

Geographic range:

  • Ketupa ketupu ketupu: Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, and Bangka
  • Ketupa ketupu aagaardi: southern Assam to southern Thailand and Vietnam
  • Ketupa ketupu pageli: northwestern Borneo
  • Ketupa ketupu minor: Nias Island (off northwestern Sumatra)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Buffy Fish-Owl
Catalan:
Duc pescador de Malàisia
Czech:
ketupa malajská
Danish:
Malajfiskeugle
German:
Sundafischuhu
Spanish:
Búho Pescador Malayo
Spanish (Spain):
Búho Pescador Malayo
Finnish:
sundankalahuuhkaja
French:
Grand-duc malais
Croatian:
malajska ušara
Hungarian:
szundai halászbagoly
Italian:
Gufo pescatore camoscio
Japanese (romaji):
mare-uomimizuku
Japanese:
マレーウオミミズク
Lithuanian:
Malajinis žuvinis apuokas
Dutch:
Maleise Visuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Malayfiskeugle
Norwegian:
Malayfiskeugle
Polish:
ketupa płowa
Portuguese:
bufo-pescador-bege
Portuguese (Portugal):
bufo-pescador-malaio
Russian:
Малайский рыбный филин
Slovak:
ketupa riečna
Serbian:
Indonezijska sova ribar
Swedish:
blek fiskuv
Ukrainian:
Пугач-рибоїд малазійський
Chinese:
马来渔鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
馬來漁鴞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Bubo ketupu) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Kétoupa malais ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Kétoupa malais ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Malay Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Malay Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupa) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Malay Fish Owl ( Bubo ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Malay Fish Owl ( Bubo ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Buffy Fish-owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Malay Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ketupa ketupu [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ketupa ketupu [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ketupa ketupu [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Buffy Fish-Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Buffy Fish Owl ( Ketupa ketupu) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ketupa ketupu [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ketupa ketupu [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bulgarian: Червен рибояден бухал
Bengali: মেটে মেছোপ্যাঁচা, হভমট হভমছা঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): mēṭē mēchōpyām̐cā
Catalan: Duc pescador de Malàisia
Czech: Ketupa malajská
Danish: Malajfiskeugle
German: Malaien Fischuhu, Sunda Fischuhu, Sundafischuhu
English: Buffy Fish Owl, Buffy Fish-Owl, Malay Fish Owl, Malay fish-owl, Malaysian Fish Owl, Malaysian Fish-Owl
English, HBW: Buffy Fish-owl
English (IOC): Buffy Fish Owl
English (United States): Buffy Fish-Owl
Esperanto: Sablokolora fiŝgufo
Spanish: Búho Pescador Malayo
Spanish (Spain): Búho Pescador Malayo
Spanish (HBW): Buffy Fish-Owl
Estonian: väike-kalakakk
Finnish: sundankalahuuhkaja, Viirukalahuuhkaja
French: Grand-duc kétoupa, Grand-duc malais, Hibou pêcheur malais, Kétoupa malais
Croatian: malajska ušara
Hungarian: szundai halászbagoly
Indonesian: Beluk Ketupa, Burung Beluk Ketupa, Ketupuk
Italian: Gufo pescatore camoscio, Gufo pescatore della Malaesia, Gufo pescatore della Malesia
Japanese (romaji): marē uo mimi-zuku, mareauomimizuku, mare-uomimizuku
Japanese: マレアウオミミズク, マレーウオミミズク
Japanese (Kanji): マレー魚木菟
Scientific: Bubo ketupu, Ketupa javanensis, Ketupa ketupa, Ketupa ketupu, Ketupa ketupu ketupu, Strix Ketupu
Lithuanian: Malajinis žuvinis apuokas
Malay: Burung Hantu Kuning, Burung Tumbuk Ketampi, Hantu Kuning, Tumbok Ketampi, Tumbuk Ketampi
Dutch: Maleise Visuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Malayfiskeugle
Norwegian: Malayfiskeugle
Polish: ketupa plowa, ketupa płowa
Pinyin: mǎlái yú-xiāo
Portuguese: bufo-pescador-bege
Portuguese (Portugal): bufo-pescador-malaio
Russian: Малайский Рыбный Филин
Slovak: Ketupa riečna
Serbian: Indonezijska sova ribar
Swedish: Blek fiskuv
Thai: นกทึดทือพันธุ์มลายู, นกทึดทือมลายู
Thai (Transliteration): nók tʰéut-tʰeuu ma-laa-yuu, nók tʰéut-tʰeuu pʰan ma-laa-yuu
Turkish: Sunda Balık Baykuşu
Ukrainian: Пугач-рибоїд малазійський
Vietnamese: Chim Dù dì ketupu, Chim Dù dì Kêtupu, Dù dì hung, Dù dì kêtupu
Chinese: 马来渔鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 馬來漁鴞

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