{"id":43238,"date":"2013-07-23T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:49","slug":"blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/en-endangered\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl Bubo blakistoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest owls in the world, Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl is also one of the most restricted in range. It is endangered due to habitat loss and particularly the loss of suitably sized trees for breeding. Also, the continued construction of dams across its range deprives it of fish, as this species prefers shallow, fast flowing streams where native trout are easy to catch.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:  Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl Bubo blakistoni <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-376-43238\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3240\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6815.jpg\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan - Photo by John Andrew Wright\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan - Photo by John Andrew Wright\" alt=\"Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6815.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3239\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6810.jpg\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6810.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3238\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6795.jpg\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6795.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3237\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6788.jpg\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with a trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_blakistons-fish-owl-with-trout-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6788.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) with Trout<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3236\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6760.jpg\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) waiting for trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult male Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) waiting for trout by a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.\" alt=\"Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_blakistons-fish-owl-bubo-blakistoni-john-a-wright-6760.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blakiston&#039;s Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest owls in the world, Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl is also one of the most restricted in range. It is endangered due to habitat loss and particularly the loss of suitably sized trees for breeding. Also, the continued construction of dams across its range deprives it of fish, as this species prefers shallow, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":68661,"parent":42868,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43238","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43238\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}