Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Bubo nipalensis) [XC872518]
by id from Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India (call)
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Bubo nipalensis) [XC665462]
by Albert Noorlander from Baan Maka Nature Resort, Thailand (call)
Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Barred Eagle-Owl (Bubo sumatranus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 - Himalayas from northern Uttar Pradesh east to south-western China (Yunnan), south to Cambodia and Vietnam. Also southern India in western Ghats and Tamil Nadu.