Tawny Fish-Owl
Ketupa flavipes
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusKetupa (Fish-Owls and Allied Eagle-Owls)
- SpeciesKetupa flavipes (Tawny Fish-Owl)
Closest Relatives at Jim Corbett National Park
Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
Indian Scops-Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Collared Scops Owl
Otus lettia
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Eastern Barn Owl
Tyto javanica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Tawny Fish-Owl in Jim Corbett National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Tawny Fish-Owl sighting in Jim Corbett National Park, based on 145 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Tawny Fish-Owl in Jim Corbett National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Tawny Fish-Owl in Jim Corbett National Park in our monthly data.