Oriental Bay Owl - Phodilus badius
( Horsfield, 1821 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: U

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Habitat:
Strictly nocturnal, occurring in dense evergreen primary and secondary forest in lowlands, foothills, submontane and montane forest up to 1,700 m in South-East Asia, although has been recorded up to 2,300 m (König and Weick 2008). It preferred habitat is foothill forest between 200 and 1,000 m and submontane forest up to 1,500 m (König and Weick 2008). It typically occurs alongside water (König and Weick 2008).

Range:
Phodilus badius is found in South and South-East Asia, from eastern India and southern China, through Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao, Viet Nam, Peninsular and East Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalem, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, and Bali, Indonesia (König and Weick 2008).

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