Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Forest Eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis) - HBW 5, p. 191
French: Grand-duc du Népal
German: Nepaluhu
Spanish: Búho Nepalí
Other common names: Spot-bellied Eagle-owl
Taxonomy: Bubo nipalensis Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Possibly forms superspecies with B. sumatranus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 - Himalayas from N Uttar Pradesh E to SW China (Yunnan), S to Cambodia and Vietnam; also S India in Western Ghats and Tamil Nadu.
- blighi Legge, 1878 - Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One spotlighted on tree by roadside on night drive, unfortunately it refused to look in to the camera before flying off. If you Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp nipalensis)
Martin Kennewell 6 March 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of a bird perched. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (ssp blighi)
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 2 years ago 29 sec 2.3
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A close-up of the head.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (ssp blighi)
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 2 years ago 3 -
An adult roosting in the dense canopy shade.
Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (ssp blighi)
Steve Garvie 25 July 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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