Brown fish owl
OWLS OF INDIA-21 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 753 ... (Observe the Bird and recognize)...BROWN FISH OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of Mr. Subharghya Das] ... The Brown Fish Owl[Bubo zeylonensis ] is a fairly large owl with tousled, horizontally oriented ear-tufts and long legs. Description: The indistinct facial disc is tawny, with black shaft-streaks on individual feathers. Eyes are golden yellow, while the bill is pale greenish-grey, and dusky on the upper ridge and tip. Upperparts are pale chestnut-brown with broad, black shaft-streaks and brown cross-bars. The lower back, rump and uppertail-coverts are paler and have narrow shaft-streaks. The scapulars, tertial feathers and wing-coverts are mottled with whitish, with the outer webs of the outer scapulars white. Flight and tail feathers are dark brown, barred, vermiculated and tipped dusky-buff. The throat and foreneck are prominently white with dark shaft-streaks. Underparts are pale fulvous with fine, wav
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