Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
The Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Ketupa nipalensis) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ketupa nipalensis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ketupa nipalensis nipalensis
- Ketupa nipalensis blighi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Bubo nipalensis
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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