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Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis)
Subject: Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis)
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Ceylon Bay Owl Abhilash Arjunan - Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis).jpg
Resolution: 489x720 File Size: 327252 Bytes Date: 2015:10:21 11:19:58 Camera: NIKON D7000 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/4.0 Exposure: 1/40 sec Focal Length: 3000/10 Upload Date: 2017:04:03 15:18:07

Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis)


Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis at Arippa forest, Trivandrum, Kerala, India on October 2015
Date 21 October 2015, 11:19:58
Author Dr.abhilash.ak
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceylon_Bay_Owl_Abhilash_Arjunan.jpg

The Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis) is a species of bay owl in the family Tytonidae. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Phodilus
Species: Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877

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Scientific Name: Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877
Common Names: Sri Lanka Bay Owl, Ceylon Bay-owl
French: Phodile de Ceylan; German: Ceylonmaskeneule; Spanish: Lechuza cornuda de Ceilán
Taxonomy: Phodilus assimilis A. O. Hume, 1877, Sri Lanka.
Synonyms: Phodilus badius assimilis Hume, 1877

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