Desert Tawny Owl (Strix hadorami)

Other Names (World)
Desert Tawny Owl, Hume's Owl, Hume's Wood-owl, Hume's Tawny Owl, Desert Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Kirwan, Schweizer & Copete, 2015

Habitat
Dry savanna, hot desert. Also, plantations. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Egypt, India, Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Oman (B), Pakistan, Palestinian Authority Territories (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Yemen (B).

Eastern and southern Israel, Jordan, Sinai Peninsula and eastern Egypt (Red Sea mountains), and patchily in Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman); possibly still southern Pakistan (Makran Coast), perhaps also southern Iran.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Desert Owl (Strix hadorami) [XC444485]
by Gregory Askew from Dhofar Governorate, Oman (song)

Desert Owl (Strix hadorami) [XC660524]
by Peter Boesman from AlMu'tadil, AlUla, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). Formerly treated as conspecific with Tawny Owl (Strix aluco).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Desert Tawny Owl (Strix hadorami) - 10 files

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