Indian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bengalensis(Franklin, J, 1831)
English (US) Indian Eagle-Owl
The Indian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bengalensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: Indian subcontinent to Himalayan foothills and western MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bubo bengalensis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Eagle-Owl
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otus Bengalensis
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
- Type locality
- The Ganges between Calcutta and Benares and in the Vindhyan Hills between the latter place and Gurra Mundela.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.10 p.115
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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