Barred eagle-owl
Ketupa sumatrana (Raffles, 1822)
Status not recordedowls
The barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.52 kg to 1.53 kg.
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Quick facts about the barred eagle-owl
- Weight
- 1.53 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the barred eagle-owl live?
Not recorded
Is the barred eagle-owl endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the barred eagle-owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusKetupa
- SpeciesKetupa sumatrana (Raffles, 1822)
Synonyms Bubo sumatranus, Strix sumatrana
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- بوم النسر المخططArabic
- duc indonesiCatalan
- výr malajskýCzech
- ketupa vlnkovanáCzech
- Malay HornugleDanish
- MalaienuhuGerman
- sumatra gufoEsperanto
- Búho malayoSpanish
- malai kassikakkEstonian
- sundanhuuhkajaFinnish
- Grand-duc bruyantFrench
- prugasta ušaraCroatian
- pamatos uhuHungarian
- Beluk jampukIndonesian
- Gufo reale barratoItalian
- Gufo reale della MalesiaItalian
- マレーワシミミズクJapanese
- malajinis didysis apuokasLithuanian
- Maleise OehoeDutch
- malayhubroNorwegian
- puchacz malajskiPolish
- bufo-malaioPortuguese
- bufo-indomalaioPortuguese
- Малайский филинRussian
- výr veľkouchýSlovak
- ketupa veľkoucháSlovak
- Sumatranska buljinaSerbian
- malajuvSwedish
- นกเค้าใหญ่พันธุ์สุมาตราThai
- Malay PuhusuTurkish
- пугач суматранськийUkrainian
- 馬來雕鴞Chinese
- 馬來鵰鴞Chinese
- 马来雕鸮Chinese
Relatives of the barred eagle-owl
Other species in the same genus Ketupa.
Brown fish owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Buffy fish owl
Ketupa ketupu
Tawny fish owl
Ketupa flavipes
Akun eagle-owl
Ketupa leucosticta
Giant eagle owl
Ketupa lactea
Blakiston's fish owl
Ketupa blakistoni
CompareBarred eagle-owl vs Brown fish owlBarred eagle-owl vs Buffy fish owlBarred eagle-owl vs Tawny fish owlBarred eagle-owl vs Akun eagle-owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the barred eagle-owl?
An adult barred eagle-owl weighs 1.53 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the barred eagle-owl?
The barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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