Description Bubo nipalensis
Date 1884
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (web)
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smit
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BuboNipalensisSmit.jpg

The spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis), also known as the forest eagle-owl is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This species is considered part of a superspecies with the barred eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus), which looks quite similar but is allopatric in distribution, replacing the larger spot-bellied species in the southern end of the Malay Peninsula and the larger island in Southeast Asia extending down to Borneo. Order: Strigiformes, Family: Strigidae, Genus: Bubo, Species: Bubo nipalensis Hodgson, 1836.