On the trail of the Indian eagle-owl

You are seeing the Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), also called the rock eagle-owl or Bengal eagle-owl, perched on a tree at Jhalana Leopard Reserve in Jaipur, India. The Indian 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 small black stripes. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl. Usually seen in pairs, the bird has a deep resonant booming call that may be heard at dawn and dusk.
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