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Dusky Eagle-Owl
Ketupa coromanda (Latham, 1790)
This large, gray-brown owl has conspicuous ear tufts on its head.
Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Malaysia, Thailand
How to identify
Field marks
- Large, gray-brown overall
- Prominent ear tufts on the head
- Underparts grayish-white with dark brown streaks
- Nominate subspecies has dark brown wings with pale streaks
Where and when it's recorded
Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Malaysia, Thailand
Dusky Eagle-Owl has been recorded at 22 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia2,187 records
- Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NP – Sapan MoriIndia299 records
- Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Eastern RangeIndia125 records
More places
- Earth Lodge, Ulu MudaMalaysia101 records
- Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Central RangeIndia100 records
- Kaziranga NP & SurroundingsIndia78 records
- Jhilmil Jheel Conservation ReserveIndia59 records
- Ranthambore NPIndia45 records
- Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Western RangeIndia40 records
- Bukit Wang Recreational ForestMalaysia31 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Questions
Where does the Dusky Eagle-Owl live?
Its breeding range: Oriental: Pakistan to southern Thailand, also eastern China. It is most often recorded in India, Malaysia and Thailand.
When is the best time to see the Dusky Eagle-Owl?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February (Northern Hemisphere).
What family is the Dusky Eagle-Owl in?
It belongs to the family Owls (Strigidae), order Strigiformes.
Range
Oriental: Pakistan to southern Thailand, also eastern China
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Subspecies · 1
- Ketupa coromanda klossii s China to s Myanmar and s Thailand
Classification
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Owls Strigidae
- Genus
- Ketupa
Other birds in the genus Ketupa
Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis
Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucosticta
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Shelley's Eagle-OwlKetupa shelleyi
Blakiston's Fish OwlKetupa blakistoni
Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
Tawny Fish OwlKetupa flavipes
Buffy Fish OwlKetupa ketupu
Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatrana
Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlKetupa nipalensis
Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensis
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