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title: "Rock Eagle-Owl"
description: "Bubo bengalensis — Uccelli. The Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), or the Bengal eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian subcontinent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rock-eagle-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Eagle-Owl

> Bubo bengalensis — Uccelli. The Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), or the Bengal eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian subcontinent.

- Scientific name: *Bubo bengalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 772
- Wikidata: [Q817172](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817172)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72571](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72571)

## Names

- en: Rock Eagle-Owl
- de: Indischer Uhu
- es: Búho bengalí
- fr: Grand-duc indien
- nl: Bengaalse oehoe
- pl: Puchacz indyjski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (652), PK (6), NP (4)

## Summary

The Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), or the Bengal eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian subcontinent. It is splashed with brown and grey, and has a white throat patch with black small stripes. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl. It is usually seen in pairs. It has a deep resonant booming call that may be heard at dawn and dusk.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_eagle-owl

## Photo

![Rock Eagle-Owl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-eagle-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: S.MORE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69620406

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-eagle-owl?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).