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Sri Lanka Bay Owl

Phodilus assimilis

Least ConcernRareVertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 280 g
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 1
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 2
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 3
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 4
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 5
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 6
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 7
Photo: renjus box · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 8
Photo: renjus box · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 9
Photo: renjus box · CC BY 4.0
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (Phodilus assimilis), photo 10
Photo: Afsar Nayakkan · CC BY 4.0

About the Sri Lanka Bay Owl

The Sri Lanka bay owl is a species of bay owl in the family Tytonidae. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India. It was considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl but is now treated as a full species due to its distinctive call, plumage and disjunct distribution.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What the Sri Lanka Bay Owl sounds like

Recording: Mike Prince · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range
India Sri Lanka

When to see it

Peak activity in January · a winter visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius) Oriental Bay OwlPhodilus badiusIndividuals are small, with distinguishing features such as highly angular heads.

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