Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Spotted Wood-owl (Strix seloputo) - HBW 5, p. 197
French: Chouette des pagodes
German: Pagodenkauz
Spanish: Cárabo de las Pagodas
Other common names: Seloputo Owl
Taxonomy: Strix Selo-puto Horsfield, 1821, Java.
In the past, names Strix orientalis and Strix pagodorum have been used for this species, but both considered invalid. Race wiepkeni previously referred to by the synonym Surnia whiteheadi. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- seloputo Horsfield, 1821 - S Myanmar and C Thailand S to Sumatra (Jambi) and Java.
- baweana Oberholser, 1917 - Bawean I, off N Java.
- wiepkeni (Blasius, 1888) - Calamian Is and Palawan, in W Philippines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in an oil palm, near its nest. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp seloputo)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
Roosting in trees near car park in Singapore Botanical Gardens. Preening and scratching. Locality Singapore (ssp seloputo)
Neil Robertson 28 May 2010 1 year ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A male on an oil palm leaf, near its nest, then flying away. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp seloputo)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A female in the nest in a dead palm, on an oil palm plantation. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp seloputo)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 32 sec 3 -
1 bird Locality Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 2.8
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A juvenile Spotted Wood-Owl that has been seen roosting with one parent for a week in a suburban park in eastern Singapore
Locality Pasir Ris Park, Singapore
Howard Banwell 22 January 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A front view of a male perched on an oil palm leaf.
Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp seloputo)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
The family shot of parents with sole chick who has just fledged. They were not sighted a week later.
Locality Pulau Ubin, Singapore (ssp seloputo)
JamesCK 1 May 2008 2 years ago 3.2 -
Spotted Wood-Owl (Strix seloputo) in a drowned mangrove forest in Ton Le Sap lake, Cambodia
Locality Cambodia
LHarding 2 December 2007 3 years ago 2.5
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