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The Pharaoh eagle-owl has a mottled plumage and large orange-yellow eyes. The head and upperparts are tawny and densely marked with black and creamy-white streaks and blotches, while the underparts are pale creamy-white, with black streaks on the upper breast and fine reddish-brown vermiculations on the lower breast and belly. The face has the disc-like form typical of most owls, defined by a dark rim, the robust bill is black and hooked, and the head is crowned with small ear tufts. With a body length of 46–50 cm (18–20 in), it is one of the smaller eagle-owl species.
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When to see the Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
The Pharaoh eagle-owl is a Middle Eastern and North African species of owl in the family Strigidae.
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Easily confused with
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascensThis species is about 43 cm (17 in) long and weighs about 500 g (18 oz).
Indian Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensisThis species is often considered a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl Bubo bubo and is very similar in appearance.
Arabian Eagle-OwlBubo milesiBubo milesi is a medium-sized owl, visually very similar to the Eurasian eagle-owl (B. bubo) or the Pharaoh eagle-owl (B. ascalaphus) of North Africa, possessing the same "ear"-tufts on its head for improved hearing.
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