Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis) Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis at Arippa forest, Trivandrum, Kerala, India on October 2015
Date 21 October 2015, 11:19:58
Author Dr.abhilash.ak
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceylon_Bay_Owl_Abhilash_Arjunan.jpg
The Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis) is a species of bay owl in the family Tytonidae. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Phodilus
Species: Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877
