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Oriental bay owl

(Phodilus badius)

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Description

The oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius) is a type of bay owl,usually classified with barn owls.It is completely nocturnal,and can be found throughout Southeast Asia.It has several subspecies.It has a heart-shaped face with earlike extensions.The Congo bay owl (Phodilus prigoginei) was formerly classified as a subspecies of Oriental bay owl due to insufficient knowledge,but it has turned out that it might not even belong to the same genus.The Sri Lanka bay owl was also considered a subspecies.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Tytonidae
Genus:Phodilus
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