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Mottled Wood Owl
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Strix ocellata
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16 August
2008
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Possible
regional races (polytypic)
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-S. o. grisescens; Koelz, 1950
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-S. o. grandis; Koelz, 1950
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-S. o. ocellata; Lesson, 1839
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Historical
65.-Syrnium ocellatum, Less. Native name Khusha (?) The Mottled Wood-Owl is not at all common, but inhabits the better wooded parts of the Division, especially where groves of ancient mangoe trees exist. A specimen was, however, procured for me from a tree in the noisy vicinity of the Railway Workshops at Charbagh. It is a permanent resident. Bill black; eyelids orange; irides dark brown; claws dusky; soles of the feet yellowish (Jerdon). Length about 18.5; tail 8; wing 14; tarsus 2.25; bill from gape 1.6 Blanford,
W.T. 1895-98. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.
Birds.- Vol. III-IV.
Messrs. Davidson and Wenden remark of this Owl in the Deccan: "Observed and shot at Barsee, in May. D. has also seen it at Akulkote. It is very common in Satara, where a nest with one fresh egg was taken on 8th February." And Mr. J. Davidson, writing of Western Khandesh, says of this species: "It breeds in December as a rule, but I obtained eggs at Bhadgaum as late as February." Mr. G. Vidal, writing from the South Konkan, says: "Three nests were found in January with two young birds or eggs in each, all in hollows of mango-trees." |
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Lalbag,
Bangalore, India, 8 November 2007
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