Prakruti Parichay
StrigidaeKetupa

Buffy Fish Owl

Katupa ketupu

50–50 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident NE India and Bangladesh. I) From the much larger Tawny by finer streaking on underparts, with only very fine shaft streaking on belly and flanks, and duller buffish-white to greyish-white barring on flight feathers and tail (more orange-buff on Tawny), From Brown by white forehead (a lthough not always apparent), more rufous-orange upperparts with thicker and more prominent black streaking. orange-buff underparts with more clearly defined black streaking on breast. and lack of black cross-barring on feathers of underparts. Forested streams in plains and mangroves.

Colour

Buff / TanWhiteOrangeBlack
Average size
50 cm
Habitat
Forested streams in plains and mangroves.
Behaviour
Resident NE India and Bangladesh.

About this bird

Resident NE India and Bangladesh. I) From the much larger Tawny by finer streaking on underparts, with only very fine shaft streaking on belly and flanks, and duller buffish-white to greyish-white barring on flight feathers and tail (more orange-buff on Tawny), From Brown by white forehead (a lthough not always apparent), more rufous-orange upperparts with thicker and more prominent black streaking. orange-buff underparts with more clearly defined black streaking on breast. and lack of black cross-barring on feathers of underparts. Forested streams in plains and mangroves.

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Buffy Fish Owl is bigger than Great Crested Grebe but smaller than Cattle Egret.

This bird

Buffy Fish Owl

Katupa ketupu

50–50 cm