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title: "Ketupa płowa"
description: "Ketupa ketupu — Ptaki. The buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/buffy-fish-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ketupa płowa

> Ketupa ketupu — Ptaki. The buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae.

- Scientific name: *Ketupa ketupu*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 2427
- Wikidata: [Q904024](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904024)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20339)

## Names

- en: Buffy Fish-Owl
- de: Sundafischuhu
- es: Búho Pescador Malayo
- fr: Kétoupa malais
- nl: Maleise visuil
- pt: Bubo ketupu
- pl: Ketupa płowa

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1173), MY (779), TH (174), ID (62), IN (12), BN (7), BD (6), KH (6), VN (3)

## Summary

The buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupu), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Southeast Asia and lives foremost in tropical forests and wetlands. Due to its wide distribution and assumed stable population, it is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_fish_owl

## Photo

![Ketupa płowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/buffy-fish-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262270935

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/buffy-fish-owl?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).