Dusky Eagle-Owl

Dusky Eagle-Owl
Dusky Eagle-Owl
at nest at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
Species: B. coromandus
Binomial name
Bubo coromandus
(Latham, 1790)

The Dusky Eagle-Owl (Bubo coromandus) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Affects watered and well wooded tracts. Mango tree groves, and old tamarind and other densely foliaged trees are preferred. Parochial and a pair often inhabits the same grove year after year.

The nesting season is from November to April.

The nest is made of sticks in the fork of the trunk of a large tree preferably near water and often in the vicinity of human habitation.

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