Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusKetupa (Fish-Owls and Allied Eagle-Owls)
- SpeciesKetupa zeylonensis (Brown Fish-Owl)
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Collared Scops Owl
Otus lettia
Collared Owlet
Glaucidium brodiei
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Eastern Barn Owl
Tyto javanica
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 15 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 18 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 20 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Fish-Owl in Kaziranga National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Brown Fish-Owl sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 125 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Fish-Owl in Kaziranga National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Brown Fish-Owl in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.