Blakiston's Fish Owl

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When to see the Blakiston's Fish Owl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blakiston's Fish Owl

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Russia.

About the Blakiston's Fish Owl

Blakiston's fish owl, the largest living species of owl, is a fish owl, a sub-group of eagle-owls that specialize in hunting in riparian areas. It is native to China, Japan, and the Russian Far East. This species is a part of the family known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. Blakiston's fish owl and three other piscivorous owls are placed with some eagle-owls in the genus Ketupa. Its habitat is riparian forest with large, old trees for nest sites near lakes, rivers, springs, and shoals that do not freeze in winter.

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Easily confused with

Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensisThe Philippine eagle-owl has a total wingspan of about 48 inches, and with a total length of 40–50 cm (15.5–19.5 in) and a wing-length of about 35 cm (14 in), (where typically a female would size larger than a male) it is the largest owl in the Philippines, but among the smallest members of the genus Ketupa. Shelley's Eagle-OwlKetupa shelleyiThis dark eagle-owl is among the largest owls in the world and by far the largest eagle-owl found in the African rainforests. Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucostictaThe akun eagle-owl is one of the smaller eagle-owls, with 40–46 cm length; and body weight of 486–536 g for males and 524–607 g for females.