Brown fish-owl

(Ketupa zeylonensis)

Description

The brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) is a species of owl that is part of the family known as typical owls,Strigidae,which contains most living owls.It inhabits the warm subtropical and humid tropical parts of continental Asia and some offshore islands.Of the four living species of fish owl,it is the most widely distributed,most common and best-studied.It occupies a range of over 7,000 km (4,300 mi) from eastern China to Palestine.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Strigidae
Genus:Ketupa
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