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Indian Scops Owl

Otus bakkamoena

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Description:

Medium-sized buffy brown owl, large prominent ear tuffs; buff nuchal-collar edged with dark brown with finely streaked underparts, and buffish scapular spots; feathered legs
Photo taken at Ranthambore Tiger Reserves, Rajasthan, India

Habitat:

Widespread resident, south of Himalayas; forests, well-wooded areas

Notes:

Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia

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