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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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18–21 cm
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Two colour morphs: grey-brown and rufous
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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South [[Asia]]. Accidental vagrant to the [[Aleutians]] in [[Alaska]] (1 record).
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[[Asia]]: [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
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Accidental vagrant to the [[Aleutians]] in [[Alaska]] (1 record).
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[[Image:15840134010 c51f5d6fd8 c.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Greyish morph<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Former Bidadari Cemtery, [[Singapore]], December 2014]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 7 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''O. s. sunia'':
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:*Northern [[Pakistan]] to [[Bangladesh]] and northern [[India]]
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*''O. s. rufipennis'':
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:*Southern India
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*''O. s. leggei'':
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:*[[Sri Lanka]]
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*''O. s. modestus'':
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:*Assam to [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]]; [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
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*''O. s. malayanus'':
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:*Southern [[China]] (Yunnan to eastern Guangdong)
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*''O. s. stictonotus'':
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:*South-eastern [[Siberia]] to north-eastern China, Sakhalin Island and northern [[Korea]]
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*''O. s. japonicus'':
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:*[[Japan]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Dry deciduous forests.  
 
Dry deciduous forests.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of insects and spiders. They also eat rodents and small birds.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Otus+sunia}}  
 
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Revision as of 00:19, 9 January 2015

Photo by Peter Ericsson
Rangsit, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2003
Otus sunia

Identification

18–21 cm Two colour morphs: grey-brown and rufous

Distribution

Asia: Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Accidental vagrant to the Aleutians in Alaska (1 record).

Greyish morph
Photo by SeeToh
Former Bidadari Cemtery, Singapore, December 2014

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies[1]:

  • O. s. sunia:
  • O. s. rufipennis:
  • Southern India
  • O. s. leggei:
  • O. s. modestus:
  • O. s. malayanus:
  • Southern China (Yunnan to eastern Guangdong)
  • O. s. stictonotus:
  • South-eastern Siberia to north-eastern China, Sakhalin Island and northern Korea
  • O. s. japonicus:

Habitat

Dry deciduous forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and spiders. They also eat rodents and small birds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

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