Oriental bay-owl / Maskeneule (Phodilus badius)

Wikipedia: Oriental bay-owl Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Oriental_bay_owl%2C_Phodilus_badius_-_Khao_Yai_National_Park.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Phodilus (Phodilus); Family Barn owls (Tytonidae)
General: The Oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius) is a type of bay owl, usually classified with barn owls. It is completely nocturnal, and can be found throughout Southeast Asia and parts of India. It has several subspecies. It has a heart-shaped face with earlike extensions. The Congo bay owl (Phodilus prigoginei) was formerly classified as a subspecies of Oriental bay owl due to insufficient knowledge, but it has turned out that it might not even belong to the same genus. The Sri Lanka bay owl was also considered a subspecies. [more]