Buffy Fish-Owl

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Ketupa ketupu

Buffy Fish-Owl, a reference photo
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Southeast Asia and lives foremost in tropical forests and wetlands. Due to its wide distribution and assumed stable population, it is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Buffy Fish-Owl being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Ketupa
Species
Ketupa ketupu

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