Barred Eagle-Owl

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Scientific Name: Ketupa sumatrana

Malay Name: Burung-Hantu Bertanduk Belang Melayu

Chinese Name: 马来雕鸮

Range: Found from Thai-Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: sumatrana, strepitans, tenuifasciata.

Local Subspecies: sumatrana

Size: 45.5-46.5 cm

Identification: Adult has brown-and-buff bars on its upperparts, blackish-and-whitish bars on its underparts, dark eyes and very distinctive outward facing ear tufts. Head and body of juvenile whitish with narrower bars.

Habitat: Forest, forest edge, secondary growth and plantation.

Behaviour/Ecology: Diet includes grasshoppers, beetles, rodents, birds and snakes. Had been observed to prey on Long-tailed Macaque.

Local Status: Rare resident

Conservation Status: Near Threatened (BirdLife International 2022)

Featured reports: Mar 2022, Apr 2022, Jul 2022, Dec 2022, Feb 2023, Jun 2023, Jul 2023

Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

Barred Eagle Owl at Senai, Johor. Photo Credit: Alan Ng
Barred Eagle Owl (juvenile) at Senai, Johor. Photo Credit: Alan Ng
Barred Eagle Owl at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Barred Eagle Owl at Senai, Johor. Photo Credit: Alan Ng
Barred Eagle Owl at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Photo Credit: Vincent Ng
Barred Eagle Owl at Senai, Johor. Photo Credit: Alan Ng
Barred Eagle-Owl at Singapore Quarry. Photo credit: Francis Yap
External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Barred Eagle-Owl)

References:

BirdLife International. (2022). Bubo sumatranus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22688976A207944973.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Barred Eagle-Owl. Retrieved on September 25, 2023 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/barred-eagle-owl.

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