Hume's 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.

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) [XC684496]
by Tim Vochten from Oman, Wadi Al Maghsayl, Oman (song)

Desert Owl (Strix hadorami) [XC326456]
by Kochav Levi, Amir Ben Dov from North Dead Sea, Israel (call, song)

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 Humes Owl (Strix hadorami) - 10 files

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