Birds of Prey
Least Concern
The Oriental bay owl is a species of bay owl. It is completely nocturnal, and can be found throughout Southeast Asia and parts of India. It has several subspecies. It has a heart-shaped face with earlike extensions. The Congo bay owl was formerly classified as a subspecies of Oriental bay owl due to insufficient knowledge, but it has turned out that it might not even belong to the same genus. The Sri Lanka bay owl was also considered a subspecies.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Top parks for Oriental Bay-Owl. Sightings recorded in 4 safari areas total.
● Common (500+ sightings)● Occasional (50-499)● Rare (<50)
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