Mottled Wood Owl - Strix ocellata

Typical Call

Shivalik Hills, foothills of Himalayas, Dehra Dun, North India

© Bruce Marcot

Status: Common and widely distributed.

Original Description: Lesson, Rene Primevere. 1839. Rev.Zool. Revue Zoologique, par la Societe Cuvierienne (Rev. Zool.; Journal mensuel publie sous la direction de M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville) 2: p. 289.

Subspecies: S. o. ocellata, S. o. grandis, S. o. grisescens

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