Buffy Fish Owl

Buffy Fish Owl
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he is very handsome I always like reading the info on the birds fantastic work xx

Thanks Paula Bettam maam ...

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24/03/2017
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OWLS OF INDIA-23 PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 755... (Observe the Bird and recognize)...BUFFY FISH OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of INTERNET] ... The Buffy Fish Owl[Bubo ketupu ] is a medium to fairly large owl with prominent, outward-facing ear-tufts. It is also known as the Malay Fish Owl. Description: Upperparts are rich brown, while the feathers of the back and mantle are blackish-brown, broadly margined with buff and with pale rufous or whitish spots near the tips. The head and neck are the same as the upperparts but the feather tips don't have the spots. the forehead and eyebrows are white, and the distinctive ear-tufts are sideward directed and very tousled. Eyes are yellow, with the eyelids rimmed black. The bill is black or greyish-black. Outer webs of scapulars are fulvous, but not forming a pale row across the shoulder. Wing coverts are the same as the back, but with much larger pale spots. Primaries and secondaries are dark brown, banded with w

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