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Tawny Owl Strix aluco nivicolum   - Immature
Tawny Owl
Photographer : © Jan Willem den Besten
Location :Outskirts of McLeod Ganj at 1900m, Dharamshala, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Date : October 2004
English synonyms:Eurasian Tawny Owl, Brown Owl, Wood Owl, Tawny Wood Owl, Tawny Wood-Owl, Common Night Owl, Grey Night Owl, Siberian Night Owl (siberiae), Turkestan Common Night Owl (harmsi), Turkestan Tawny Owl (harmsi), Himalayan Owl (nivicolum), Himalayan Wood Owl (nivicolum), Himalayan Wood-owl (nivicolum)
Bird Family :Strigidae - Typical Owls
Bird Group :STRIGIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :It is a juvenile fledged during the monsoon which kept calling incessantly through the fall in the village in heavily degraded forest. - JWDB