Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Brown Wood-owl (Strix leptogrammica) - HBW 5, p. 197
French: Chouette leptogramme
German: Malaienkauz
Spanish: Cárabo Oriental
Other common names: Himalayan Brown Owl/Wood-owl (“newarensis group”); Bartels’s Wood-owl (bartelsi); Malaysian Wood-owl (maingayi)
Taxonomy: Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1831, Borneo.
Probably a species complex rather than a single species. N forms living in montane habitats (newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana, caligata) larger, with different vocalizations, likely to represent a separate, polytypic species. Race bartelsi likewise vocally distinct and living at higher elevations, probably also specifically distinct. In addition, Sri Lankan ochrogenys sometimes considered synonymous with indranee; chaseni possibly synonymous with nominate; myrtha and nyctiphasma doubtfully distinct from maingayi. Add.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1831, Borneo.
Probably a species complex rather than a single species. N forms living in montane habitats (newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana, caligata) larger, with different vocalizations, likely to represent a separate, polytypic species. Race bartelsi likewise vocally distinct and living at higher elevations, probably also specifically distinct. In addition, Sri Lankan ochrogenys sometimes considered synonymous with indranee; chaseni possibly synonymous with nominate; myrtha and nyctiphasma doubtfully distinct from maingayi. Additional races described are connectens (single specimen from C India), included in indranee, and orientalis and shahensis, both treated as synonyms of ticehursti. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Probably a species complex rather than a single species. N forms living in montane habitats (newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana, caligata) larger, with different vocalizations, likely to represent a separate, polytypic species. Race bartelsi likewise vocally distinct and living at higher elevations, probably also specifically distinct. In addition, Sri Lankan ochrogenys sometimes considered synonymous with indranee; chaseni possibly synonymous with nominate; myrtha and nyctiphasma doubtfully distinct from maingayi. Additional races described are connectens (single specimen from C India), included in indranee, and orientalis and shahensis, both treated as synonyms of ticehursti. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- newarensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir E to NE India.
- ticehursti Delacour, 1930 - N & C Myanmar E to SE China (NE to Anhui), S to N & W Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
- caligata (Swinhoe, 1863) - Hainan and Taiwan.
- newarensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir E to NE India.
- ticehursti Delacour, 1930 - N & C Myanmar E to SE China (NE to Anhui), S to N & W Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
- caligata (Swinhoe, 1863) - Hainan and Taiwan.
- laotiana Delacour, 1926 - S Laos and C Vietnam (Annam).
- indranee Sykes, 1832 - peninsular India.
- ochrogenys (Hume, 1873) - Sri Lanka.
- maingayi (Hume, 1878) - S Myanmar, S Thailand and Malay Peninsula.
- myrtha (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumatra; also reported from Mentawai Is (possibly this race).
- nyctiphasma Oberholser, 1924 - Banyak Is, off W Sumatra.
- niasensis (Salvadori, 1887) - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
- chaseni Hoogerwerf & de Boer, 1947 - Belitung I, off SE Sumatra.
- vaga Mayr, 1938 - N Borneo.
- leptogrammica Temminck, 1831 - C & S Borneo.
- bartelsi (Finsch, 1906) - Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perched on a branch at Soi Yai Wildlife Refuge. Locality Thung Song, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp maingayi)
Dominique Schwartz 12 December 2000 8 years ago 43 sec 4.8 -
A close view of a bird during the day. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp newarensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a bird at it's dayroost, looking into the camera. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp maingayi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A perched bird at its dayroost. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp newarensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A bird looking around on a branch and flying away Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp vaga)
John Gregory 13 November 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched and looking around at night Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp vaga)
John Gregory 13 November 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 3.8
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Brown Wood-Owl, daytime roost, Goa, India
Locality Goa, India
Mark Andrews 5 December 2004 3 years ago 4.2 -
Perched near the conservation centre.
Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp vaga)
Henrik Bringsøe 12 February 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
A forntal view of an adult perched on a branch (at night).
Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp leptogrammica)
James Eaton 1 November 2010 25 weeks ago 3.7 -
A close-up of an adult.
Locality Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (ssp indranee)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2009 3 years ago 3.6 -
sleeping bird in cage at zoo
Locality Taipei Zoo, Taipei City, Taiwan
Sammy Paran 20 July 2012 40 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched on a rock, resting.
Locality Taipei Zoo, Taipei City, Taiwan (ssp caligata)
Josep del Hoyo 25 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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