Brown Wood Owl

This species is defined as a Review Species . Please submit your records of this species via our record submission page .

Scientific Name: Strix leptogrammica

Malay Name: Carik-Kafan Coklat

Chinese Name: 褐林鸮

Range: Found from the Indian subcontinent to China, mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: ticehursti, caligata, laotiana, newarensis, indranee, ochrogenys, maingayi, myrtha, nyctiphasma, niasensis, chaseni, leptogrammica, vaga, bartelsi.

Local Subspecies: maingayi

Size: 47-53 cm

Identification: Distinguished from Spotted Wood Owl by buffy-brown facial disc with dark border around face and eyes, dark-brown mantle, buffy underparts with brownish bars and dark brown breast. Juvenile has mostly whitish-buff body with dark border around eyes.

Similar looking species: Spotted Wood Owl

Habitat: Forest, forest edge or any suitable wooded area.

Behaviour/Ecology: Diet consists of rodents, lizards, large insects and birds.

Local Status: Very rare visitor

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

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Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

Brown Wood Owl at Bukit Batok Nature Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Cheah
Brown Wood Owl at Frasers Hill. Photo credit: Daniel Koh
Juvenile Brown Wood Owl at Pulau Ubin in January 2011. Photo Credit: Lim Kim Chuah
Brown Wood Owl at Bukit Batok Nature Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Cheah
Brown Wood Owl at Bukit Batok Nature Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Cheah
Brown Wood Owl at Pulau Ubin in January 2011. Photo Credit: Lim Kim Chuah
Brown Wood Owl from Thailand. Photo credit: Lim Ser Chai
External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Brown Wood-Owl)

References:

BirdLife International. (2016). Strix leptogrammica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689071A93217052.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Brown Wood Owl. Retrieved on April 18, 2024 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/brown-wood-owl.

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