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 LC    Sri Lanka Bay-owl* Id (Atlas):
    Phodilus assimilis

Description (10)
Image of Sri Lanka Bay-owl
 

Other Names (World)
Sri Lanka Bay-owl, Ceylon Bay-owl, Sri Lanka Bay Owl

Family
Tytonidae (Barn-owls)

Size
22 - 27 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hume, 1877

Range (Guide)
Central and southern Sri Lanka.
 
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis) [XC366990]
     by Frank Lambert from Ernakulam, Kerala, India (call)

 
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis) [XC536993]
     by id from Kudawa, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka (subsong)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • ripleyi Hussain & Reza Khan, 1978   -  Anaimalai-Nelliampathy Hills (south-western India).
  • assimilis Hume, 1877   -  Central and southern Sri Lanka.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Sri Lanka Bay-owl (Phodilus assimilis) - 10 files


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