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'''Includes Bartels's Wood-Owl; Himalayan Wood-Owl | '''Includes Bartels's Wood-Owl; Himalayan Wood-Owl | ||
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Revision as of 13:03, 27 July 2015
- Strix leptogrammica
Includes Bartels's Wood-Owl; Himalayan Wood-Owl
Identification
45-57cm
- Dark brown upperparts
- White spotted shoulders
- Buff, brown-streaked underparts
- Brown or rufous-edged facial disc
- Dark brown iris
- White neckband
Sexes similar
Distribution
Asia: found in China, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 14 subspecies:
- S. l. newarensis: Himalayan Wood-Owl Himalayas (Jammu and Kashmir to north-eastern India)
- S. l. ticehursti: Myanmar to south-eastern China, Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam
- S. l. caligata: Hainan and Taiwan
- S. l. laotiana: Southern Laos and central Vietnam (Annam)
- S. l. indranee: Peninsular India
- S. l. ochrogenys: Sri Lanka
- S. l. maingayi: Southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula
- S. l. myrtha: Sumatra
- S. l. nyctiphasma: Banyak Island (off north-western Sumatra)
- S. l. niasensis: Nias Island (off north-western Sumatra)
- S. l. chaseni: Belitung Island (Java Sea off south-eastern Sumatra)
- S. l. vaga: Northern Borneo
- S. l. leptogrammica: Central and southern Borneo
- S. l. bartelsi: Bartel's Wood-Owl Java
Habitat
Lowland primary rainforest (broad-leaved and evergreen) and forest edges, up to 2,590m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes small mammals, reptiles, grasshoppers and birds.
Breeding
It nests in a tree hole. The clutch consists of 2 eggs.
Vocalisation
They make a very low purring sound.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown Wood Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Wood_Owl
