{"id":76203,"date":"2025-12-03T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76203"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:44:25","slug":"rock-eagle-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rock-eagle-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Eagle Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rock Eagle Owl Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a Rock Eagle Owl nest prompted the Telangana forest department to halt quarrying operations for over a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rock Eagle Owl<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also called <\/span><b>Indian eagle-owl<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bubo bengalensis) or <\/span><b>Bengal eagle-owl.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a large-horned owl species <\/span><b>native to hilly scrub forests in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is usually <\/span><b>brown and grey in colour,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a white throat patch that has black stripes.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its chicks are <\/span><b>born with white fluff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is gradually replaced by speckled feathers during the pre-juvenile moult after about two weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is usually seen in pairs. It has a <\/span><b>deep resonant booming<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> call that may be heard at dawn and dusk.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are especially seen near rocky places within the mainland of the Indian Subcontinent south of the<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-region-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Himalayas<\/strong><\/a>. They avoid humid evergreen forests and extremely arid areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in South Asian countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Rock Eagle Owl<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/how-5-owl-eggs-were-saved-and-a-miracle-hatched-at-a-telangana-quarry-10398968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock Eagle Owl is a large-horned owl species native to hilly scrub forests in India. 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