Brown Fish-Owl

Brown Fish-Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Mudumalai National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
20–30
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
30–40%
2 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
5 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
6 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
7 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
8 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
9 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
10 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
11 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
12 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
15 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
17 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
18 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
19 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
20 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Fish-Owl in Mudumalai National Park?

About 14% of visitor-days record a Brown Fish-Owl sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 91 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Fish-Owl in Mudumalai National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Brown Fish-Owl in Mudumalai National Park in our monthly data.

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