A small eagle-owl with dark brown eyes, it lives in dry open country and semi-desert with scattered trees and shrubs. It feeds on insects and small animals from dusk into the night.
It has grey-brown, finely patterned plumage and dark brown eyes. Its eye color differs from the yellow-eyed Spotted Eagle-Owl.
It is often active at dusk and at night, feeding on insects, other arthropods, small mammals and reptiles.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.