#Ketupa ketupu

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Buffy Fish Owl

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Ketupa ketupu (hibou), Asie du Sud-Est Photo : Benny Ng

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Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu)

© Jodhan Fine

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Buffy Fish Owl aka Malay Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, Singapore

photograph by Kelvin Ng Cheng Kwan

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his name is Ketupa ketupu 🥺🥺 isnt that such a cute name!

a young buffy fish owl/malay fish owl perched on a mangrove root at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve in Singapore.

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BUFFY FISH OWL

Ketupa ketupu

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BUFFY FISH OWL Ketupa ketupu ©Laura Quick

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.

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Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) © Roger Hall

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Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu). Malaysia, Perak. Got lucky and spotted this beauty in the park!

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Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) by A!an

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Buffy Fish Owls aka Malay Fish Owls (Ketupa ketupu), chick and parent, family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, Singapore

photograph by 韩元

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Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu)

© Woraphot Bunkhwamdi

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The buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.  Its natural habitat is wet tropical forests and other woody areas near water, including wooded banks of rivers, lakes, fish ponds and rice paddies. It can survive well close to human habitations but can also be found in desolate mangrove forests and other less-inhabited or uninhabited areas. Unlike most owls, the feathers of fish owls are not soft to the touch and they lack the comb and hair-like fringes to the primaries, which allow other owls to fly silently in order to ambush their prey. Due to the lack of these feather-specializations, fish owl wing beats make sounds.

The buffy fish owl is a fairly large owl but is the smallest of the four species of fish owl. In total length, this species can range from 15 to 19 inches. Body mass can range from 1,028 to 2,100 g (2.3 to 4.6 lbs), with an average weight of 1,224 g (2.7 lbs).

This species is yellowish-brown overall, with considerable variegating with pale buff. The feathers are edged tawny and the wings and tail are broadly barred yellowish and dark brown. The wings are distinctly rounded in shape when this species is seen in flight. The underparts are a yellow-brown, rich buff or fulvous color with broad blackish shaft-stripes. The legs are long and unfeathered. 

It occurs from central India and southern Burma to the south and east to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, peninsular Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, papua new guinea, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indonesia to Java, Bali and Borneo.

Compared to eagle owls of similar length, fish owls tend to be even shorter in tail length and even heavier in build, have relatively larger wings, have considerably longer legs, and have a rough texture to the bottom of their toes. At least the latter two features are clear adaptations to aid these owls in capturing fish. Diurnal raptors who feed largely on fish have similar, if not identical, rough texture under their toes, which helps these birds grasp slippery fish.

Unlike diurnal raptors who capture fish such as the osprey, the fish owls have large, powerful, and curved talons and a longitudinal sharp keel sitting under the middle claw with all having sharp cutting edges that are very much like those of eagle owls. Also, unlike fish-eating diurnal raptors will not submerge any part of their body while hunting, preferring only to put their feet into the water, although fish owls will hunt on foot, wading into the shallows. 

The lack of a deep facial disc in fish owls is another indication of the unimportance of sound relative to vision in these owls, as facial disc depth (as well as inner ear size) are directly related to how important sound is to an owl's hunting behavior. Also different from most any other kind of owl, the bill is placed on the face between the eyes rather below it, which is said to impart this fish owl with a "remarkably morose and sinister expression".

The buffy fish owl hunts mainly from the bank, swooping down much in the manner of a fish eagle but never getting its feathers wet. It also walks into shallow streams and brooks, additionally snatching their main foods in such locations. The largest part of its diet appears to consist of fish, crabs and frogs followed by reptiles, toads and crayfish. Their diet is not extensively studied but appears to be basically the same as those of the brown and tawny fish owls. Rats, mice and large insects are also sometimes taken and even bats have been captured by this species. Like the brown fish owl but unlike most owls, this species has been recorded consuming carrion. The buffy fish owl does not produce firm pellets as do most owls. Instead bones and frog and insect remains are ejected in pieces and fall to the ground below roost. Prey remains have only been found within the nest, never around or below the nest as is commonly recorded in other owls..

The buffy fish owl frequently nest on top of a large fern (Asplenium nidus), but nests have also been recorded in the fork a tall bough covered in ferns and moss, on orchid beds and in tree holes. More rarely, rocky sites have been used as nesting sites, even behind waterfalls. The nest is usually merely a scrap into the surface of a fern with no structure or lining, as owls do not build nests. Abandoned bird nests built by other species have also been used. Only one egg has ever been recorded in a buffy fish owl nest, giving them the smallest clutch size of any owl alongside the spot-bellied eagle owl and the barred eagle owl, which also have only ever been recorded with a single-egg clutch.