Barred Eagle-Owl (Bubo sumatranus)

About the Barred Eagle-Owl
The barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana), also called the Malay eagle-owl, is a species of eagle owl in the family Strigidae. It is a member of the large genus Ketupa, which is found on most of the world's continents. This relatively little-known species is found from the southern Malay Peninsula down a string of several of the larger southeast Asian islands to as far as Borneo. It forms a superspecies with the physically similar but larger spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis), although the two species appear to be allopatric in distribution.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 48 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 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 Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand 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.