Blakiston's fish owl Bubo blakistoni Vulnerable
Where the Blakiston's fish owl lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 38 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See owls on the world map
| Scientific name | Bubo blakistoni |
|---|---|
| Group | Owls |
| Status | Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 2 countries |
| Continents | Asia, Europe |
| Class | Bird |
| Order | Strigiformes |
| Family | Strigidae |
Where does the Blakiston's fish owl live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Blakiston's fish owl in 2 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the Blakiston's fish owl endangered?
The Blakiston's fish owl’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the Blakiston's fish owl?
The Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) is a bird in the order Strigiformes and the family Strigidae, genus Bubo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the Blakiston's fish owl
Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni), 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. Henry Seebohm named this bird after the English naturalist Thomas Blakiston, who collected the original specimen in Hakodate on Hokkaidō, Japan in 1883.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Blakiston's fish owl (revision 1367608674), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1137288 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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