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| Brown wood owl | |
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| Sattal, Uttarakhand | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Strix |
| Species: | S. leptogrammica |
| Binomial name | |
| Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1832 | |
The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, and south China. The brown wood owl is a resident breeder in south Asia. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. It belongs to the earless owl genus Strix.
The brown wood owl is medium large (45–57 cm), with upperparts uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders. The underparts are buff with brown streaking. The facial disc is brown or rufous, edged with white and without concentric barring, and the eyes are dark brown. There is a white neckband. The sexes are similar in appearance.
Their call is a (hoo) hoo hoo HOO, or a deep goke-goke-ga-LOOO, or a loud scream. Their alarm call is a bark, wow-wow. Some subspecies are known to produce distinct vocalizations; they are also different in appearance and parapatric, and might be distinct species: The northern Strix (leptogrammica) newarensis group (Himalayan wood-owl; present subspecies newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana and caligata) which occur from the Himalayan foothills of Kashmir east to Taiwan have a soft low to-hooh not unlike a rock dove cooing. S. (l.) bartelsi (Bartels's wood-owl), Javan wood-owl from Java, the southeasternmost taxon, has a loud, forceful, single HOOH! with long pauses between calls.
This species is highly nocturnal and is commonly found in dense forests. It can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. The diet of the brown wood owl consists mainly of small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Subspecies
There are 14 subspecies.
- S. leptogrammica bartelsi - Bartel's wood-owl or Javan brown wood owl
- S. leptogrammica caligata - Formosan brown wood owl
- S. leptogrammica chaseni
- S. leptogrammica indranee
- S. leptogrammica laotiana
- S. leptogrammica leptogrammica
- S. leptogrammica maingayi
- S. leptogrammica myrtha
- S. leptogrammica newarensis - Himalayan wood-owl
- S. leptogrammica niasensis
- S. leptogrammica nyctiphasma
- S. leptogrammica ochrogenys - Sri Lankan wood owl
- S. leptogrammica ticehursti
- S. leptogrammica vaga
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Strix leptogrammica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689071A93217052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689071A93217052.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- Holt, Denver (2017). "Brown Wood-Owl (Strix leptogrammica)". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- "Javan brown wood owl (Bartel's wood-owl)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- "Formosan brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica caligata)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- "Sri Lankan wood owl (Strix leptogrammica ochrogenys)". zootierliste.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
Bibliography
- Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol, Inskipp, Tim & Byers, Clive (1999): Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.. ISBN 0-691-04910-6
- Holt, Denver W., Berkley, Regan; Deppe, Caroline; Enríquez Rocha, Paula L.; Olsen, Penny D.; Petersen, Julie L.; Rangel Salazar, José Luis; Segars, Kelley P. & Wood, Kristin L. (1999): 96. Brown Wood Owl. In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (eds): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds: 197–198, plate 12. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
External links
Media related to Strix leptogrammica at Wikimedia Commons
