Brown Boobook

The brown boobook, or brown hawk-owl, is a medium-sized owl, 32 cm long, and a resident breeder in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, southern China and western Indonesia. It has a hawk-like shape from its long tail and lack of a distinct facial disc. The upperparts are dark brown, the tail is barred, the underparts are whitish with reddish-brown streaking, and the eyes are large and yellow. The sexes look alike (Wikipedia, general species account).

Nine subspecies are recognised, and hirsuta is listed for south India and Sri Lanka. Nationally Least Concern (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).