Collared Scops owl
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OWLS OF INDIA-7 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 739..(Observe the Bird and recognize)...COLLARED SCOPS OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of Internet/ Res. Somchai K] ... The Collared Scops Owl is a small owl with rather long, dark-spotted ear-tufts. A grey-brown and a rufous morph are known to exist. Description: The facial disc is dull yellowish with some faint darker concentric markings. The eyes are dark brown to orange-brown. The bill is greenish-horn, paler at the tip, with the lower mandible pale dusky yellow. Upperparts are light buffish-brown, mottled, spotted and freckled with black and buff, as well as pale grey-buff (grey-brown morph) or Rufous-buff (rufous morph). The scapulars have pale buffish feathers, forming an indistinct strip on the wing. There are two pale collars on the hindneck. Underparts are pale brown with small arrowhead-like shaft-streaks. Tarsi are feathered to the base of the toes, which are fleshy-grey to dusky olive with yellowish-white
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