Brown Wood-owl

Order - Strigiformes
Family - Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Brown Wood-owl

Strix leptogrammica

褐林鸮 (hè lín-xiāo)

    Malay : Carik-Kafan Coklat

    Japanese : オオフフクロウ (ō fu fukurō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大斑梟

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 18,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 39–55 cm; ; 800–1100 g (nominate), 500–700 g (bartelsi), 970 g (newarensis, 1 male)

    

    Subspecies (14) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Brown Wood-Owl (Brown) Strix leptogrammica [indranee Group]

• Strix leptogrammica indranee (Sykes, 1832, The Ghauts = Lonauli, western Ghats)
  – peninsular India.
• Strix leptogrammica ochrogenys (A. O. Hume, 1873,  Ceylon)
  – Sri Lanka.
• Strix leptogrammica newarensis (Hodgson, 1836, Nepal)
  – Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir E to NE India.
• Strix leptogrammica ticehursti (Delacour, 1930, Pakha, 1200 metres, Tonkin [Vietnam])
  – N and C Myanmar E to SE China (NE to Anhui), S to N and W Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
• Strix leptogrammica caligata (Swinhoe, 1863, Formosa)
  – Hainan and Taiwan.
• Strix leptogrammica laotiana (Delacour, 1926)
  – S Laos, C Vietnam (Annam), SE Thailand and Cambodia.
• Strix leptogrammica maingayi (A. O. Hume, 1878, Malacca)
  – S Myanmar, S Thailand and Malay Peninsula.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Brown Wood-Owl (Nias) Strix leptogrammica niasensis

• Strix leptogrammica niasensis (Salvadori, 1887, Nias Island)
  – Nias I, off W Sumatra.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Brown Wood-Owl (Sunda) Strix leptogrammica [leptogrammica Group]

• Strix leptogrammica nyctiphasma (Oberholser, 1924)
  – Banyak Is, off W Sumatra.
• Strix leptogrammica myrtha (Bonaparte, 1850, Sumatra)
  – Sumatra; reported also (presumably this race) from Mentawai Is, off W Sumatra.
• Strix leptogrammica vaga (Mayr, 1938)
  – N Borneo.
• Strix leptogrammica leptogrammica (Temminck, 1832, Borneo. Type from near Pontianak, fide Mayr supra)
  – C and S Borneo.
• Strix leptogrammica chaseni (Hoogerwerf & de Boer, 1947)
  – Belitung I, off SE Sumatra.
• Strix leptogrammica bartelsi (Finsch, 1906, Pasir Datar, Pre^nger, Mt. Pangerango, 2600 feet, Java)
  – Java.
  
  

Distribution Map

Strix leptogrammica ssp. maingayi
Date : 28 July 2025

Location : Jalan Padang, Pusat Latihan Awam Kementerian Pertahanan, Fraser's Hill, 

Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor

Strix leptogrammica ssp. maingayi
Date : 30 April 2023

Location : Silverpark Resort, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Strix leptogrammica ssp. maingayi
Date : 01 April 2016

Location : Seri Berkat Resthouse, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang