Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni)
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.
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 25 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Japan, Russia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo buborecording
- Fraser's Eagle-OwlBubo poensisrecording
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusrecording
- Indian Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensisrecording
- Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlBubo nipalensisrecording
- Verreaux's Eagle-OwlBubo lacteusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.