Sunday 21 July 2019

Oriental Bay-owl

Order - Strigiformes
Family - Tytonidae (Barn-owls)
Oriental Bay-owl
Phodilus badius
栗鸮 (lì-xiāo)

    Malay : Pungguk-Api Biasa
    Japanese : ニセメンフクロウ (nise-men-fukurō)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 偽面梟



    Size : 23–29 cm; 255–308 g (n = 5)
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Phodilus badius saturatus (Robinson, 1927)
    – Sikkim and NE India, N & C Myanmar and Thailand (except peninsula) E to Vietnam and S China (S Yunnan, SW Guangxi Zhuang, Hainan I); presence in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh unconfirmed.
  • Phodilus badius badius (Horsfield, 1821)
    – Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas (including Nias I, off NW Sumatra); possibly also E Philippines.
  • Phodilus badius arixuthus (Oberholser, 1932)
    – Middle Natuna Is (Bunguran).
  • Phodilus badius parvus (Chasen, 1937)
    – Belitung I, off SE Sumatra.

Phodilus badius ssp. badius
Date : 21 July 2019
Location : Kampung Baru Nalla, Tronoh, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Phodilus badius ssp. badius
Date : 21 July 2019
Location : Kampung Baru Nalla, Tronoh, Daerah Kinta, Perak

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