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Fish owl

  • Ketupa

    Ketupa is a genus of owls in the family Strigidae. The genus now contains twelve species (formerly only 3 species), nine of which were formerly placed in the genus Bubo.

    Strigidae: derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
    Ketupa: From specific name Strix ketupu.

    1/ Tawny fish owl (Dù dì hung, Ketupa flavipes)
    2/ Buffy fish owl (Dù di kêtupu, Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl
    3/ Spot-bellied eagle-owl (Dù dì Nêpan, Ketupa nipalensis), also known as the forest eagle-owl
    4/ Brown fish owl (Dù dì phương đông, Ketupa zeylonensis) 

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