Brown Hawk Owl

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A perfect painting, from the expertly observed plumage to the volume you've caught in the eyes: in other words, they actually look round and real. Quite superb.

OWLS OF INDIA-20 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 752 ... (Observe the Bird and recognize)...BROWN HAWK OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of Mr. Subrata Mukherjee ] ... The Brown Hawk Owl [Ninox scutulata] is a dark brown, medium sized hawk-like owl with a round head and no ear-tufts. It is also known as the Oriental Hawk Owl or the Brown Boobook. Description: The facial disc is brown, with many narrow whitish radially orientated streaks. The eyes are bright yellow and have a narrow dark area around them. The cere is dull green or greenish-brown, and the bill is bluish-black with a paler tip. There is a white spot on the forehead. Crown and nape are chocolate-brown, indistinctly streaked ochre. The back, mantle and wing-coverts are a uniform chocolate-brown. Primaries and secondaries are also chocolate-brown, inconspicuously barred ochre. The tail is rather long, and dark brown with a whitish tip, and is banded with broad, pale greyish-brown bars. Underparts are whiti