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.תוצונמ תופושחה הילגרבו הזח לעש רתוי ןידעה סופספב ,רתוי תורצקה הינזא תויציצב ונממ תלדבנ ,חאל המוד :הפוטק .םילקנואמו םיפופכ הירפטו הלילה יסרוד ראשמ רתוי תולגועמו תורצק היפנכ ,תוריהב תובוהצ היניע ,רתוי דיחא היתוצונ עבצ .םינטרסו םיעדרפצ םג לבא םיגד הנוזמ רקיע .תוציבו םימגא ,םילחנ :םימ תורוקמ דיל הלודיג תיב .םרטסירט י"ע 18ה האמב התלגתנ ,םיינופצה ץראה ילחנו יקמעב הרידנ הביצי התיה רבעב .הדחכוה ץראב .דחא טרפ אל ףא הלגתנ אל 1983 תנשב ךרענש רקסב | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
K. z. seminowi Turkey, Israel (probably extinct), and N Syria to NW India. K. z. leschenault India S of Himalayas E to Myanmar and Thailand. K. z. zeylonensis Sri Lanka. K. z. orientalis NE Myanmar to SE China, S to Malay Peninsula, Indochina and Hainan I. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.large, flat-headed owl, whit noticeable ear-tufts usually held horizontally. 50-55 cm, 1100 g, wingspan 148 cm.Facial disc buff, with dark brown upper cheeks, crown and upperparts pale chestnut with dark brown mottling and streaking. Wing coverts and flight-feathers dark brown, mottled with whitish-buff. Tail barred brown and buff. Throat white. Underparts buffish-white with dark shaft streaks and thin rufous cross-lines. Tarsus unfeathered. Iris bright yellow. Bill green-grey, tip darker. Legs and feet yollowish. Race leschenault larger and more black above, stronger buff below and semenowi very pale, brighter-colored. Habitat.Deciduous, semi deciduous and open evergreen woodland, well-vegetated ravines, steep banks and canalsides, old plantations and groves with mature trees, almost always near water.In Middle East, occupies undisturbed wadis and valleys with trees and bushes in hilly areas. Food and FeedingMainly fish, frogs and freshwater crabs. also crayfish, snakes and lizards, occasionally rodents and birds.Nocturnal and crepuscular, often diurnal. Hunts from perch overlooking water. swoops down and dangles legs in water, seizing prey in talons, also wades after food. Breeding.Nov-May in Indian Subcontinent, Apr in Sri Lanka. Dec in Malay Peninsula. breeds in dry monsoon season when water levels low and fish easily located. Presumed to pair for life.Nest in hollow or suitable depression in tree, or in old raptor nest, on rock ledge, steep stream bank, usually near water. 2 eggs, incubation 34-38 days, by female. Movements.Resident.Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. Generally uncommon.Israel.In Israel subspecies K. z. seminowi. Former fairly rare local resident in northern Israel. Extirpation in Israel thought to be result of mass poisoning of rodents in 1950's by agricultural chemicals, as well as draining of L Hula and adjacent swamp , and pollution of rivers. |
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