This large owl has heavy barring on its tawny chest, dark blotches on the flanks, orange eyes and powerful feet. It hunts mainly mammals at night and occurs in scattered rocky areas.
The sexes look alike, though the female is slightly larger. The tawny chest and flanks have heavy dark barring and blotches, and the owl has orange eyes and large powerful feet.
It hunts at night, searching from a low perch before swooping silently onto prey. Mammals make up most of its diet, with birds, reptiles and invertebrates also taken.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.