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| {{Taxobox | {{Taxobox | ||
| | name = Brown Hawk-Owl | | name = Brown Hawk-Owl | ||
| | image = Brown Hawk |
| image = Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) at Samsing, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 5932.jpg | ||
| | image_caption = Brown Hawk |
| image_caption = Brown Hawk Owl at ] in ] of ], ]. | ||
| | status = LC |
| status = LC | ||
| | status_system = IUCN3.1 | |||
| | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=106002301 |title=''Ninox scutulata'' |assessors=] |version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> | |||
| | regnum = ]ia | | regnum = ]ia | ||
| | phylum = ] | | phylum = ] | ||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=48593|title=Ninox scutulata|downloaded=12 May 2006}} | |||
| * ''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6 | * ''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6 | ||
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| <gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| File:NinoxObscurusIbis.jpg|Ninox scutulata obscura | File:NinoxObscurusIbis.jpg|Ninox scutulata obscura | ||
| File:Brown Hawk |
File:Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) at Samsing, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 5936.jpg|Brown Hawk-Owl at ] in ] of ], ]. | ||
| Image:Brown Hawk |
Image:Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) at Samsing, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 6293.jpg|At ] in ] of ], ]. | ||
| </gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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| Brown Hawk-Owl | |
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| File:Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) at Samsing, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 5932.jpg | |
| Brown Hawk Owl at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ninox |
| Species: | N. scutulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ninox scutulata Raffles, 1822 | |
The Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China.
This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.
Brown Hawk-Owl is a resident breeder in most of tropical south Asia from the Middle East to south China. Its habitat is well-wooded country and forest. It lays three to five eggs in a tree hole.
The Brown Hawk-Owl is a medium-sized (32 cm) owl with a hawk-like shape due to its long tail and lack of a distinct facial disk. The upperparts are dark brown, with a barred tail. The underparts are whitish with reddish-brown streaking, although the subspecies found in the Andaman Islands has dark brown underparts. The tail is barred. The eyes are large and yellow. Sexes are similar.
This species is very nocturnal but it can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. It feeds mainly on large insects, frogs, lizards, small birds, and mice. The call is a repeated low soft, musical oo-uk ...ooo-uk... which may be heard at dusk and dawn.
There is only one record of the Brown Hawk-Owl in the western hemisphere, an individual photographed on St. Paul Island, Alaska, on August 27, 2007.
References
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
Gallery
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Ninox scutulata obscura
- Brown Hawk-Owl at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Brown Hawk-Owl at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
- At Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. At Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
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