The Indian eagle-owl, also called the rock eagle-owl or Bengal eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), is a species of large horned owl found in the Indian Subcontinent. They were earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl. They are found in hilly and rocky scrub forests, and are usually seen in pairs. They have a deep resonant booming call that may be heard at dawn and dusk. They are typically large owls, and have "tufts" on their heads. They are splashed with brown and grey, and have a white throat patch with black small stripes.
Description
This species is often considered a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owlBubo bubo and is very similar in appearance. The facial disk is unmarked and has a black border, a feature that is much weaker in the Eurasian form. The base of the primaries is unbanded and rufous. The tail bands have the tawn bands wider than the black ones. A large pale scapular patch is visible on the folded wing. The inner claws are the longest. The last joint of the toes are unfeathered.
The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old Worldeagle-owls make up the genusBubo, at least as traditionally described. This genus, depending on definition, contains about one or two dozen species of typical owls (family Strigidae) and is found in many parts of the world. Some of the largest living Strigiformes are in Bubo. Traditionally, only owls with ear-tufts were included in this genus, but that is no longer the case.
The four fish-owls previously in the genus Ketupa were provisionally moved into Bubo as well. However, the mtDNA cytochrome b data suggests that in this case, to make Bubomonophyletic the Scotopelia fishing owls would also need to be included there. On the other hand, the genus then becomes quite large and ill-defined, and Bubo in the expanded sense seems to consist of two distinct clades. Thus, the fish and fishing owls can alternatively be united in Ketupa if some aberrant eagle-owls – at least the barred, spot-bellied and Usambara eagle-owls, perhaps also Fraser's eagle-owl and maybe others – are moved into that genus too. As some enigmatic eagle-owls remain essentially unstudied and others – e.g. Verreaux's eagle-owl– are of unresolved relationships, more research is needed.
... include the jungle owlet, Indian scops owl, oriental scops owl, brown fish owl, brown wood owl, mottled wood owl, barn owl, spotted owlet, Indian eagle owl, dusky eagle owl and spot-billed eagle owl.
Golden bush robins, chestnut-headed tesias, scaly-breasted cupwings, long-legged buzzards, Indian spotted eagles and collared scops owls were some of head turners at the 14th HSBCChandigarhBirdRace, which was held on Monday ... (HT Photo) ... ....
An Indian eagle owl was among the birds sighted on Sunday ... He said no highly unusual sighting has been made so far this year, however, rare sightings included a Pallid harrier at Ismailpur in Faridabad and the Indian Eagle Owl at Bhondsi in Haryana.
At EGC they have released Hawks and two DesertEagleOwls by means of a hacking project done by ‘WildFlight’ to help control and manage the Indian hooded crow population.
The Uvalde Coyotes will wrap up their pre-season football workouts with a scrimmage against the HondoOwls next Thursday night ...Last Friday night at Pleasanton, the Owls were to scrimmage the Pleasanton Eagles.
Anxious owl on the lost Neem of the Beas ...Amid a myriad of depressing spectacles, Singh would happily spot Indian eagle owls on a particular neem on the Beas ... The owls were forced to flee their favoured tree, which they had occupied for generations.
... barn owls and house crows whereas uncommon birds such as the Red-headed Ibis, Indian eagle owl, Grey heron and Red-necked falcon, too, are admitted for dehydration from semi-urban and rural areas.
They spotted birds like yellow-footed green pigeon, sulphur-bellied warbler, great cormorant, verditer flycatcher, red avadavat, greater flameback, mottled wood owl, crested serpent eagle, Indian...
Munshi first says its Indian roller and doesn’t seem to be too excited ... They encounter an Indian rock eagle owl and Ashwin helps the young men participating in their maiden bird count as to how to identify this species.
... which are protected under the IndianWildlife Act. We have got multiple instances of Russell’s vipers, Indian rock pythons, Indian spectacled cobras, eagles, owls, kingfishers and even monitor lizards.
