Spot-bellied eagle-owl / Nepaluhu (Bubo nipalensis)

Wikipedia: Spot-bellied eagle-owl Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Spot-bellied_Eagle-Owl_by_N.A._Nazeer.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Eagle owls (Bubo); Family Strigidae (Strigidae)
General: The spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis), also known as the forest eagle-owl is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This species is considered part of a superspecies with the barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana), which looks quite similar but is allopatric in distribution. [more]