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