Forest Eagle Owl - Bubo nipalensis

Also known as Spot-bellied Eagle Owl

Status: Uncommon.

Original Description: Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1836. Asiatic Researches, or Asiatick Research (As.Res.; or transactions of the society instituted in Bengal for inquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts, and sciences, and literature of Asia) 19: p 172.

Subspecies: B. n. nipalensis, B. n. blighi

References:

König, Weick and Becking. 1999. "Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World". Yale University Press

Page Information:

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