Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Bubo) [XC212914]
by Korakoch Pobprasert from Near Kaladhungi, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India (call)
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Bubo) [XC777391]
by Frank Lambert from South Goa (near Agonda), Goa, India (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.