Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius)
About the Oriental Bay Owl
The Oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius) is a species of bay owl. It is completely nocturnal, and can be found throughout Southeast Asia and parts of India. 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 83 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Sri Lanka Bay OwlPhodilus assimilisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.