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Larger owls
   
   

Fig 1 : Barn Owl
 


Fig 2 : Spotted Wood Owl


Fig 3 : Buffy Fish Owl


Fig 4 : Barred Eagle Owl
 

Fig 1 :
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Location : Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Oil Palm plantation adjacent to lowland primary rainforest

Fig 2 :
Spotted Wood Owl
Strix seloputo
Location : Portsdown, Singapore
Habitat : Lowland secondary forest

Fig 3 :
Buffy Fish Owl
Ketupa ketupu
Location : Sungai Relau, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat : Riverine, lowland primary rainforest
Note : Holding a Spotted House Gecko (Gekko monarchus) in its talons.

Fig 4 :
Barred Eagle Owl
Bubo sumatrana
Location : Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Oil Palm plantation adjacent to lowland primary rainforest

Fig 5 :
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl - juvenile
Bubo nipalensis
Location : Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat : Hill forest
Note : Photo by
Charles Currin, March 2022

Fig 6 :
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Location : Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo
Habitat : Freshwater Swamp Forest

Fig 5 : Spot-bellied Eagle Owl - juvenile

©  Charles Currin
 


Fig 6 : Brown Wood Owl