Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Least ConcernThe Brown Fish-Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, or fish, and usually nests in cavities, cliffs, old nests, or sheltered hollows.
- Family
- Strigidae
- Group
- Owls
- Range
- Brown Fish-Owl Range — Resident or seasonal range in woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range
- Population
- ≈ 500K–5M