Mottled wood owl
Description
Scientific Name: Strixocellata
The Mottled Wood Owl is a medium-sized yellowish-red owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. It is generally a nocturnal bird. It roosts during the day on a branch hidden among foliage, in pairs or sometimes family groups. Females are larger than males. It feeds on rats, mice and other rodents, as well as birds up to the size of a domestic pigeon. Also takes lizards, crabs, beetles and large insects.Found in India, from the Himalayas eastward to lower Bengal an south to southern Nilgiris and Pondicherry. Habitat is mostly lightly wooded plains, open woodland and groves of mature trees on outskirts of villages and cultivated land.
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Skin with feathers
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