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Species
Ninox connivens Latham, 1802
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SUMMARY
A medium-sized brown Owl with white spots on its wings, a strongly streaked breast and brilliant yellow eyes. They are usually seen roosting in open in deep shade. The forehead, crown, nape, and facial disc are brown, varying in shade from dark to light sandy. Some birds have thinly pencilled white eyebrows. The upper wings and back are brown with large white spots and the upper tail inconspicuously barred brown. The throat is brown, white streaked brown, or white. Throat feathers are erectile giving a bearded appearance in white-throated birds. The breast and belly are white, heavily streaked brown with feathering extending onto the pale yellow legs. Under the tail is broadly barred white and brown. Eyes are large and have a yellow iris. The bill is dark horn or blackish.