| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Strix |
| Species: | S. leptogrammica |
| Binomial name | |
Strix leptogrammica
Temminck, 1831
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- This is Brown wood owl (strix leptogrammica) which was from Bajrabarahi Temple lalitpur Nepal.
- It's upto 47-53 cm in length.
- Resident. Himalayas, NE india, Eastern and Western Ghats, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
- This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. It belongs to the earless owl genus Strix.
- Facial discs lack black concentric barring, uniform brown upper parts with fine white barring on scapulars, and buffish-white underparts with fine brown barring.
- In peninsula, smaller indranee has rufous facial discs.
- Calls include a hoo-hoohoohoo(hoo) and a loud eerie scream.
- Dense broadleaved forest.
- The sexes are similar.
- It is an uncommon resident bird of dense forests. This species is very nocturnal but it can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. It feeds mainly on small mammals birds and reptiles. It nests in a hole in a tree or on a forked trunk, laying two eggs.
