Brown wood owl
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| Brown wood owl | |
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| Sattal, Uttarakhand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Strix |
| Species: | S. leptogrammica
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| Binomial name | |
| Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1832
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The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is found in
The brown wood owl is medium large (45–57 cm), with upperparts 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. The sexes are similar in appearance.
Their call is a (hoo) hoo hoo HOO, or a deep goke-goke-ga-LOOO, or a loud scream. Their
This species is highly nocturnal and is commonly found in dense forests. It can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. The diet of the brown wood owl consists mainly of small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Subspecies
There are 14 subspecies.[3]
- S. leptogrammica bartelsi - Bartel's wood-owl or Javan brown wood owl[4]
- S. leptogrammica caligata - Formosan brown wood owl[5]
- S. leptogrammica chaseni
- S. leptogrammica indranee
- S. leptogrammica laotiana
- S. leptogrammica leptogrammica
- S. leptogrammica maingayi
- S. leptogrammica myrtha
- S. leptogrammica newarensis - Himalayan wood-owl
- S. leptogrammica niasensis
- S. leptogrammica nyctiphasma
- S. leptogrammica ochrogenys - Sri Lankan wood owl[6]
- S. leptogrammica ticehursti
- S. leptogrammica vaga
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Holt, Denver (2017). "Brown Wood-Owl (Strix leptogrammica)". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Javan brown wood owl (Bartel's wood-owl)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Formosan brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica caligata)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Sri Lankan wood owl (Strix leptogrammica ochrogenys)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
Bibliography
- Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol, Inskipp, Tim & Byers, Clive (1999): Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.. ISBN 0-691-04910-6
- Holt, Denver W., Berkley, Regan; Deppe, Caroline; Enríquez Rocha, Paula L.; Olsen, Penny D.; Petersen, Julie L.; Rangel Salazar, José Luis; Segars, Kelley P. & Wood, Kristin L. (1999): 96. Brown Wood Owl. In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (eds): ISBN 84-87334-25-3
External links
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