**4.9 Brown fish owl** *Ketupa zeylonensis* **(Gmelin, 1788) (IUCN red list: LC)**

The following are explained in **Figure 25**.

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**Figure 20.**

*An adult Eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo in QaraDagh Mountain in northern Iraq. Photo © Korsh Ararat.*

**Figure 21.** *Distribution of Pharaoh eagle owl Bubo ascalaphus in Iraq and Syria.*

**Figure 22.** *A breeding adult Pharaoh eagle owl Bubo ascalaphus in extreme Western Iraq. Photo © Omar Al-Sheikhly.*

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#### **Figure 24.**

*An adult Pharaoh eagle owl Bubo ascalaphus in Talila reserve. Photo © Ahmad Abdullah.*

**Figure 25.** *Distribution of Brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis in Iraq and Syria.*

Iraq

Status: Uncertain; probably a very rare resident, not recorded since the 1920s but could still occur near wetlands of Southeastern Iraq.

Literature records: Hills of Eastern Ali Al-Gharbi [2].

Syria

Status: Uncertain, possibly still occurs in Northern Syria.

Literature records: The last record was in the Golan in 1976 [22]. Reports from Northern Syria; further research is needed.
