A large owl of forests in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, and nearby islands, it is marked by ear-like tufts and bars across its body.
Adults have tawny and dark-brown bars, dark eyes, and a yellow bill. Feathers on each side of the head project outward.
It lives in forest and takes prey ranging from grasshoppers and beetles to rodents, birds, and snakes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.