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'''Alternative name: Indian Eagle-Owl''' | '''Alternative name: Indian Eagle-Owl''' | ||
;[[:Category:Bubo|Bubo]] bengalensis | ;[[:Category:Bubo|Bubo]] bengalensis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
50-56cm. Large eared owl, orange eyes, tawny-buff mottled with black, paler below with black streaks. | 50-56cm. Large eared owl, orange eyes, tawny-buff mottled with black, paler below with black streaks. |
Revision as of 16:57, 13 June 2009
Alternative name: Indian Eagle-Owl
- Bubo bengalensis
Identification
50-56cm. Large eared owl, orange eyes, tawny-buff mottled with black, paler below with black streaks.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Sometimes considered a subspecies of Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo.
Habitat
Rocky hills, wooded scrub, ravines, rocky semi-desert old mango orchards.
Behaviour
Its diet includes mainly rodents but also birds, reptiles, frogs, crabs and large invertebrates.
Its nest is a scrape on a rock ledge, cliff or on the ground. 2-5 eggs are incubated for about 35 days.
Its call is a deep, resonant, single pitched double noted hoot.