SPOT-BELLIED EAGLE-OWL | උලමා, උකුසු බකමූණා | Devil Bird, Bird of Death

LOCAL NAMES

  • උකුසු බකමූණා, උලමා, Maha Bakamuna, Ulama, BÚHO REAL, ঈগল পেচা, चील उल्लू, HIBOU GRAND-DUC, AREND UIL, UHU, ગરુડ-ઘુવડ, കഴുകൻ-മൂങ്ങ, गरुड-घुबड, ਈਗਲ-ਉਲੂ, ФИЛИН, கழுகு ஆந்தை, డేగ-గుడ్లగూబ, لو کی ایک نسل جو عقاب سے ملتی ہے, النسر البومة
  • Chinese (SIM) 林雕鸮
  • Czech ketupa skvrnobřichá
  • Dutch Bosoehoe
  • English Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
  • English (UK) Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
  • English (United States) Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
  • French Grand-duc du Népal
  • French (French Guiana) Grand-duc du Népal
  • German Nepaluhu
  • Japanese ネパールワシミミズク
  • Malayalam കാട്ടുമൂങ്ങ
  • Norwegian skoghubro
  • Polish puchacz jarzębaty
  • Russian Непальский филин
  • Serbian Pegava crnooka buljina
  • Slovak výr žltozobý
  • Spanish Búho Nepalí
  • Spanish (Spain) Búho nepalí
  • Swedish nepaluv
  • Thai นกเค้าใหญ่พันธุ์เนปาล
  • Turkish Nepal Puhusu
  • Ukrainian Пугач непальський

DESCRIPTION

Ketupa nipalensis, Also known as the forest eagle-owl is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance with two horns. They are widely known as the Devil Bird. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Silver-gray adult is majestic, with a large yellow bill, black eyes, and sweeping sidewards-facing “horns.” Juvenile is much paler, almost white, with shorter tufts. Primarily nocturnal, but will on occasion hunt by day; takes prey as large as small deer. widely believed to be the sound of a woman being strangled. Locals widely believe that their calls bring news of death. Their sounds calls are like … Locally named maha bakamuna. however more famously known as Ulama.

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