Shelley's eagle-owl
Ketupa shelleyi (Sharpe & Ussher, 1872)
Status not recordedowls
The shelley's eagle-owl (Ketupa shelleyi) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.26 kg.
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Quick facts about the shelley's eagle-owl
- Weight
- 1.26 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the shelley's eagle-owl live?
Not recorded
Is the shelley's 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 shelley's eagle-owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusKetupa
- SpeciesKetupa shelleyi (Sharpe & Ussher, 1872)
Synonyms Bubo shelleyi, Huhua shelleyi, Nyctaetus shelleyi
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- SHEOEnglish
- بوم النسر الشيليArabic
- duc de ShelleyCatalan
- výr ShelleyůvCzech
- ketupa pruhovanáCzech
- Regnskovs HornugleDanish
- BindenuhuGerman
- stria gufoEsperanto
- Búho barradoSpanish
- Búho Barrado AfricanoSpanish
- vööt-kassikakkEstonian
- raitahuuhkajaFinnish
- Grand-duc de ShelleyFrench
- shelleyeva ušaraCroatian
- Shelley-uhuHungarian
- Gufo reale di ShelleyItalian
- ヨコジマワシミミズクJapanese
- dryžasis didysis apuokasLithuanian
- Shelleys OehoeDutch
- herkuleshubroNorwegian
- puchacz prążkowanyPolish
- bufo-barradoPortuguese
- Полосатый филинRussian
- výr tmavýSlovak
- ketupa tmaváSlovak
- Šelijeva buljinaSerbian
- hökuvSwedish
- Şeritli PuhuTurkish
- пугач камерунськийUkrainian
- 横斑雕鸮Chinese
- 橫斑鵰鴞Chinese
Relatives of the shelley's 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
Barred eagle-owl
Ketupa sumatrana
CompareShelley's eagle-owl vs Brown fish owlShelley's eagle-owl vs Buffy fish owlShelley's eagle-owl vs Tawny fish owlShelley's eagle-owl vs Akun eagle-owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the shelley's eagle-owl?
An adult shelley's eagle-owl weighs 1.26 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the shelley's eagle-owl?
The shelley's eagle-owl (Ketupa shelleyi) 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
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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