Fish owl

Fish owl

Buffy fish owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Bubo Duméril, 1805

The fish owls are a group of Asian owls in the family Strigidae. Although they have historically been placed within their own genus, Ketupa, genetic analysis has shown that they are better placed in the genus Bubo.^[1]

Four species have traditionally fallen into this group:^[2]

Blakiston's fish owl, (Bubo blakistoni)
Brown fish owl, (Bubo zeylonensis)
Tawny fish owl, (Bubo flavipes)
Buffy fish owl (Bubo ketupu)

References

↑ Newton, Ian; Kavanagh, Rodney; Olsen, Jerry; Taylor, Iain, eds. (2002). Ecology and Conservation of Owls. Clayton, VIC, Australia: Csiro Publishing. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-643-09887-9.
↑ Morris, Desmond (2009). Owls. London, UK: Reaktion Books. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-86189-710-7.

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