The Philippine Eagle Owl is a vulnerable species of bird, endemic to the Philippine. It is known locally as the “kuwago” or “bukao”.
Identification: 40 cm. Largish owl with small ear-tufts. Yellow eyes. Rufous-buff facial disc. Tawny-rufous crown and upper-parts with conspicuous dark brown shaft-streaks. Dark brown wings and tail with buff barring. Whitish underparts, washed rufous especially on breast, with bold dark streaks. Subspecies B. p. mindanensis similar though darker.
Similar species: Giant Scops-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi) is smaller with dark not yellow eyes and has very different vocalisations.
Voice: Long series of bububububub calls fading away at the end and high-pitched screams.
Habitat: It appears to be a sedentary resident of lowland forest, sometimes near watercourses, generally below 650 m but occasionally up to 1,250 m (e.g. on Leyte). It tolerates disturbed, selectively logged and secondary forest and even coconut plantations with patches of thick secondary growth. - BirdLife International
About postcard: National Bookstore, Inc., Manila, Philippines, 2001.
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