LOCAL NAMES

• Named Locally : බොර කෙවුල් බකමූනා, POISSON BRUN PROPRE, பிரவுன், மீன் சொந்தம், ब्राउन फिश ओनर्स, ব্রাউন ফিশ নিজের, BRAUNER FISCH EIGEN, БУРАЯ РЫБА СОБСТВЕННАЯ, Bora Kevul Bakamoona, గుడ్లగూబ, മൂങ്ങ, उल्लू, ஆந்தை, GUFO, UIL, EULE, CHOUETTE, HIBOU, ভূতুম পেঁচা, માછીમાર ઘુવડ, अमराई का घुघू, मच्छेरा उल्लू, മീൻ കൂമൻ, तपकिरी मत्स्य घुबड, हुमण (कोकण भाग), मासेमार घुबड, मलाहा हुचील, बभृपिङ्गा मत्स्योलुक, பூமன் ஆந்தை
• Arabic بوهة السمك بنية
• Azerbaijani Balıq bayquşu
• Bulgarian Цейлонски бухал
• Chinese (SIM) 褐渔鸮
• Croatian smeđa ušara
• Czech ketupa rybí
• Danish Brun Fiskeugle
• Dutch Bruine Visuil
• English Brown Fish-Owl
• English (United States) Brown Fish-Owl
• French Kétoupa brun
• French (French Guiana) Kétoupa brun
• German Fischuhu
• Greek Ψαρόμπουφος
• Hebrew קטופה
• Hungarian Indiai halászbagoly
• Icelandic Árugla
• Japanese ミナミシマフクロウ
• Lithuanian Rudasis žuvinis apuokas
• Malayalam മീൻകൂമൻ
• Norwegian brunfiskeugle
• Persian جغد ماهی‌ خوار
• Polish ketupa bosonoga
• Portuguese (Portugal) Bufo-pescador
• Romanian Bufniță pescar
• Russian Бурый рыбный филин
• Serbian Azijska sova ribar
• Slovak ketupa rybárka
• Slovenian Ribja uharica
• Spanish Búho Pescador de Ceilán
• Spanish (Spain) Búho pescador de Ceilán
• Swedish brun fiskuv
• Thai นกทึดทือพันธุ์เหนือ
• Turkish Balık Baykuşu
• Ukrainian Пугач-рибоїд бурий

DESCRIPTION

The brown fish owl is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae. It is native from Turkey to South and Southeast Asia. Inhabits waterside wooded areas from lowlands up into the mountains; feeds by dropping down into and wading around in creeks, lakes, and pools. Of the four living species of fish owl, it is the most widely distributed, most common and best-studied. Locally named Bora Kevul Bakamoona.