Mountain Scops owl

Mountain Scops owl
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13/02/2017
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OWLS OF INDIA-11 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 743.(Observe the Bird and recognize)...MOUNTAIN SCOPS OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of Internet ] ... The Mountain Scops Owl is a small scops owl with short, blunt wings, and short ear-tufts. It is also known as the Spotted Scops Owl. Description: There are many different colour morphs, as well as considerable individual variation in colour. The facial disc is rufous-brown with conspicuous bristles. The bristly feathers are pale at the base and tipped blackish. The eyes are golden-yellow or greenish-yellow. The bill is pale horn-coloured, whitish, or wax-yellow. Ear-coverts and cheeks are barred blackish, while the collar is whitish or rufous-buff with obscure bars of blackish and dark brown or blackish tips. The forehead and sides of the crown, including the short ear-tufts, are sometimes paler and buffish, with the crown having many pale rufous spots edged with black that often broaden on the hindneck and back in

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