Barred Eagle-Owl - BirdForum Opus

Nominate subspecies sumatranus
Photo by the late Laurence Poh
Near Perak, Malaysia, January 2004

Bubo sumatranus

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by jweeyh
Singapore, 7 April 2021

40-46cm

• Dark back with reddish brown bars
• Barred, greyish white belly
• Whitish face
• Greyish-white underparts barred rufous buff
• Brown eyes
• Yellow beak and feet
• Very noticeable outward facing ear tufts.

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Bali

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies

• B. s. sumatranus:

• Southern Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka Island

• B. s. strepitans:

• Borneo, Java and Bali

An additional subspecies, tenuifasciatus, is not recognised by all authorities^[2]

Habitat

Tropical rainforests and plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes grasshoppers, beetles, small rodents, birds, and snakes.

Breeding

They nest in a tree cavity. A single egg is laid.

Vocalisation

The call is a low-pitched hoo.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/D84BD94B ]. Retrieved 9 April 2021
3. Wikipedia
4. jrank.org
5. Answers.com

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