INDIAN FISH-OWL (1/3 Nat. Size)

Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Richard Lydekker, 1849-1915 Philip Lutley Sclater, 1829-1913 W. B. Frostick, former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/royalnaturalhist47lyde/royalnaturalhist47lyde#page/n185/mode/1up
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The brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae. It is native from Turkey to South and Southeast Asia. Ketupa zeylonensis inhabits forests and wooded wetlands. Of the four living species of fish owl, it is the most widely distributed. The brown fish owls are all-year residents throughout most tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia and adjoining regions.

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ketupa
Species: Ketupa zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Synonyms
- Bubo zeylonensis
- Strix zeylonensis Gmelin, 1788