Dusky Eagle-owl

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Dusky Eagle-owl
at nest at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae Genus: Bubo Species: B. coromandus
Binomial name
Bubo coromandus (Latham, 1790)

The Dusky Eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Affects watered and well wooded tracts. Mango tree groves, and old tamarind and other densely foilaged trees are preferred. Parochial and a pair often inhabits the same grove year after year.

Nesting season : November to April.

The nest is made of sticks in the fork of the trunk of a large tree preferably near water and often in the vicinity of human habitation.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Bubo coromandus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.