Spotted Wood-Owl (Strix seloputo)

Other Names (World)
Spotted Wood-Owl, Seloputo Owl, Spotted Wood Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
44 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Horsfield, 1871

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, mangroves, rural gardens, urban areas, plantations. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia (B), Indonesia (B), Laos, Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Spotted Wood Owl (Strix) [XC730035]
by Lim Ying Hien from Sabak Bernam Forest, Selangor, Malaysia (duet)

Spotted Wood Owl (Strix) [XC732573]
by Okamoto Keita Sin from Singapore, Singapore (call)

Subspecies
In the past, names Strix orientalis and Strix pagodorum have been used for this species, but both considered invalid. Subspecies wiepkeni previously referred to by the synonym Surnia whiteheadi.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

seloputo Horsfield, 1871 - Sothern Myanmar and central Thailand to Singapore, Jambi (Sumatra) and Java. .
baweana Oberholser, 1917 - Bawean Island off northern Java.
wiepkeni (Blasius, W, 1888) - Calamian Islands and Palawan (Philippines).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Wood-Owl (Strix seloputo) - 10 files

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