[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Bubo sumatranus | [authority] Raffles, 1822 | [UK] Barred Eagle-Owl | [FR] Grand-duc bruyant | [DE] – | [ES] Buho Malayo | [NL] Maleise Oehoe
Subspecies
Monotypic species
Genus
Members of the genus Bubo are the largest of the owls. Heavily built with powerful talons they are recognisable by their size, their prominent ear-tufts, and their eyes that vary in colour from yellow to brown but are frequently vivid orange. The genus, including the Asian fish owls of the genus Ketupa – now believed to be part of Bubo – comprises of 20 species ranging Eurasia, Indonesia, Africa and the Americas. DNA evidence suggests that the Snowy Owls of Nyctea and the fish owls of Scotopelia are also candidates for inclusion in this genus.
Physical charateristics
Smallish Eagle Owl with very conspicuous long eartufts directed sideways, Facial disk whitish, tufts dark brown, marked white. Dark brown above, barred rufous buff. Tail widely barred; underparts greyish white. Breast rufous barred brown. Iris dark brown.
Listen to the sound of Barred Eagle-Owl
[audio:http://www.planetofbirds.com/MASTER/STRIGIFORMES/Strigidae/sounds/Barred Eagle-Owl.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
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Range
Oriental Region : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas
Habitat
Barred eagle-owls feed on large insects such as grasshoppers and beetles, along with small rodents, birds, and snakes.
Reproduction
Pairs are thought to mate for life and may return to the same nest site year after year, often a natural tree cavity. Clutch size 1 egg.
Feeding habits
Tropical forests intersected by streams, secondary growth, plantations, and forested gardens
Video Barred Eagle-Owl
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChVlOp96yQ8
copyright: J. del Hoyo
Conservation
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Resident
Distribution map
