Andaman Hawk Owl
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OWLS OF INDIA-19 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 751.. (Observe the Bird and recognize)...ANDAMAN HAWK OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of INTERNET ] ... The Andaman Hawk Owl [Ninox affinis] is a small to medium-sized brown owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. Description: The facial disc is greyish. Eyes are yellow, cere is dull green and the bill is yellowish-horn, paler on the upper ridge and tip. The crown and mantle are plain brown with indistinct fine ochre vermiculations. The mantle has a rufous tint. Upperparts are brown, with the outer webs of the scapulars having larger pale cinnamon-buffish areas. Flight and tail feathers are barred brown and buff, with the secondaries having a rufous tinge. Underparts are pale brownish-buff, streaked chestnut-brown over the entire underside - these streaks appearing as long stripes from the neck to the belly. Tarsi are feathered to the base of the toes, which a bare or sparsely bristled, and coloured yellowish. Claw
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