Spot-bellied Eagle-owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-owl

Taxobox
name = Spot-bellied Eagle-owl
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_caption= A Spot-bellied Eagle-owl from the Biligirirangan Hills
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Bubo" (but see text)
species = "B. nipalensis"
binomial = "Bubo nipalensis"
binomial_authority = Hodgson, 1836

The Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, also known as the Forest Eagle-owl, "Bubo nipalensis" is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in southern and south-eastern Asia. This, like its relative the Barred Eagle-owl, is one of the species that would have to be moved into "Ketupa" if that genus is to be retained, according to mtDNA cytochrome "b" sequence data (Olsen "et al." 2002).

The Spot-bellied Eagle-owl is nocturnal and spends the day hidden among foliage of a large forest tree. At dusk it becomes active and hunts small mammals, reptiles, and birds up to the size of junglefowl.

Noted for its strange, human-sounding call, it is known locally as "ulama" or "Devil Bird" in Sri Lanka. Another local name is Maha Bakamuna ("large horned owl").

Nesting season : December to March

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

* Olsen, Jery; Wink, Michael; Sauer-Gürth, Heidi & Trost, Susan (2002): A new "Ninox" owl from Sumba, Indonesia. "Emu" 102(3): 223-231. DOI|10.1071/MU02006 [http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak14/ipmb/phazb/pdf-files/2002%20Pdf.Pubwink/17.2002.pdf PDF fulltext]

External links

* cryptozoology.com: [http://www.cryptozoology.com/glossary/glossary_topic.php?id=251 Devil Bird] . Retrieved 2006-DEC-23.


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