Owls by Marianne Taylor

Author:Marianne Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

STATUS Least Concern

Barred Eagle-Owl

DISTRIBUTION Southern Burma to Sumatra and Bangka (ssp. sumatranus), and Borneo, Java, and Bali (ssp. strepitans)

HABITAT Evergreen forest, including secondary growth, cultivated areas, including large yards, prefers areas near water, from sea level to 5,200 ft (1,600 m)

SIZE Length: 16–18 in (40–46 cm). Weight: 1 lb 6 oz (620 g)

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This is a very distinctive smallish and pale eagle-owl, with a similar facial look to the Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl. It has whitish underparts marked with fine barring that turns into small spots on the belly. The upperparts are almost plain light brown. The head is proportionately large, an impression accentuated by the long, barred ear tufts that tend to stick out horizontally at the side of the head. The facial disk is vaguely defined through being plain brownish in contrast to the barred feathers of the side of the neck. It has dark eyes under narrow pale eyebrows and a large yellow bill. Subspecies strepitans is considerably larger than the nominate form, but strepitans resident on Borneo are closer to the nominate in size. Young birds in mesoptile plumage are almost entirely pure white. The territorial call is a deep, emphatic, whooshing hoot, given at intervals of a few seconds. It preys on a variety of small vertebrates and also takes large insects. It nests on the flat tops of large bird’s-nest ferns or in tree hollows, and the female lays just one egg per clutch. Little else is known of its way of life, although it is fairly common in many areas.

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