Brown Wood Owl
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| Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1831 |
The Brown Wood Owl, Strix leptogrammica, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China.
This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.
Brown Wood Owl is a scarce resident bird of dense forests. It nests in a hole in a tree or on a forked trunk, laying two eggs.
The Brown Wood Owl is a medium large (45-57cm) owl. The upperparts are uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders. The underparts are buff with brown streaking.
The facial disc is brown or rufous, edged with white and without concentric barring, and the eyes are dark brown. There is a white neckband. Sexes are similar.
This species is very nocturnal but it can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. It feeds mainly on small mammals birds and reptiles. The call is a hoohoohoohoohoohoo or a loud scream.
Reference
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6de:Malaienkauz