Rock Eagle Owl:
A Rock Eagle Owl nest prompted the Telangana forest department to halt quarrying operations for over a month.
- It is also called Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) or Bengal eagle-owl.
- It is a large-horned owl species native to hilly scrub forests in India.
- It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl.
- It is especially found near rocky places within the mainland of the Indian Subcontinent south of the Himalayas.
- It avoids humid evergreen forests and extremely arid areas.
- It is mainly found in South Asian countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN: Least Concern
- CITES: Appendix II.
