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 LC    Rock Eagle-Owl* Id (Atlas):
    Bubo bengalensis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Rock Eagle-Owl, Indian Eagle-Owl, Indian Great Horned-Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
48.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Franklin, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest, caves, arable land, plantations.

Range (Guide)
India (B), Myanmar (E) (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B).

Vagrant to Bangladesh.

Indian Subcontinent (except Sri Lanka), north to foothills of Himalayas, and western Myanmar.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Indian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bengalensis) [XC195652]
     by Viral Patel & Pankaj Maheria from saldi poad amreli gujarat india, India (call)

 
Indian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bengalensis) [XC409708]
     by Barry Edmonston from Siyana, Jalore, Rajasthan, India (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) and Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus), with Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) (including recently separated Magellanic Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus)) and Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis) sometimes considered part of same group. Sometimes treated as conspecific with Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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