Arabian eagle-owl

The Arabian eagle-owl (Bubo milesi) is an owl of the southern Arabian peninsula.

Arabian eagle-owl
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
Species:
B. milesi
Binomial name
Bubo milesi
Sharpe, 1886

Description

It is a medium sized owl very much like pharaohs eagle owl but smaller and darker in plumage tone. Eyes are bright yellow in coloration. [2]

References

  1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. Kirwan, G. M. and P. F. D. Boesman (2021). Arabian Eagle-Owl (Bubo milesi), version 1.2. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.speowl2.01.2
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