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Photo by Laurence Poh
Location: Temenggor Forest in N. Perak, Malaysia

Strix leptogrammica

Includes Bartels's Wood-Owl; Himalayan Wood-Owl

[edit] Identification

45-57cm. Dark brown upperparts, white spotted shoulders, buff, brown streaked underparts, brown or rufous facial disc, dark brown iris, white neckband. Sexes similar.

[edit] Distribution

South China, western Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 12 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Thick forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes small mammals, reptiles and birds.

It nests in a tree hole; 2 eggs are laid.

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