Barred Eagle-Owl
Photo: John Tan S H (tvpmalaysia) · CC BY 4.0

Owls

Barred Eagle-Owl

Ketupa sumatrana

NTNear Threatened
Family
Owls (Strigidae)
Order
Strigiformes

Overview

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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Last updated September 29, 2026.