Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Barred Eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus)
French: Grand-duc bruyant German: Malaienuhu Spanish: Búho Malayo
Other common names: Malay/Malaysian Eagle-owl
Taxonomy:
Strix Sumatrana Raffles, 1822, Sumatra.
Possibly forms superspecies with B. nipalensis. Suggested that it may have some morphological and vocal affinities with African B. shelleyi. Bornean population sometimes separated racially (as tenuifasciatus). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) - extreme S Myanmar and peninsular Thailand S to Sumatra, including Bangka I.
- strepitans (Temminck, 1823) - Borneo, Java and Bali.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of a bird on a branch Taman Burung, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2007 1 year ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a branch, panting Taman Burung, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2007 1 year ago 24 sec 4.3
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Adult bird perched on a rock. Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 30 October 2009 13 weeks ago 2
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