Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Ketupa nipalensis

Insufficient data
overall probability at Kaziranga National Park
1 Verified records at Kaziranga National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis), also known as the forest eagle-owl, is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This species is considered part of a superspecies with the barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana), which looks quite similar but is allopatric in distribution. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park

Brown Fish-Owl
LC

Brown Fish-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ketupa zeylonensis

5–10% · Rare
Asian Barred Owlet
LC

Asian Barred Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium cuculoides

30–40% · Possible
Spotted Owlet
LC

Spotted Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Athene brama

20–30% · Possible
Brown Boobook
LC

Brown Boobook

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ninox scutulata

<5% · Rare
Oriental Scops Owl
LC

Oriental Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus sunia

<5% · Rare
Collared Owlet
LC

Collared Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium brodiei

<5% · Rare
Collared Scops Owl
LC Endemic

Collared Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus lettia

<5% · Rare
Brown Wood Owl
LC

Brown Wood Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix leptogrammica

Insufficient data
Eastern Barn Owl

Eastern Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto javanica

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl at Kaziranga National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
2 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
4 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
5 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
6 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
7 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
13 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
14 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
17 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
18 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
19 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
20 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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