Common breeding resident distributed throughout the country in forests, cultivation and wooded areas
of cities and villages while becoming uncommon in higher
hills. Sights of Brown Hawk Owls sitting on lamp or telephone posts, TV antennas during
nights are not uncommon in most urban and suburban areas with some trees even
in and around Colombo . Brown Hawk Owl can be easily
identified by its distinctive loud call which sounds like koo-ook, koo-ook heard
especially on moonlit nights. It is a nocturnal bird and feeds on insects takes on the
wing. The breeding season is from March
to April and again in November. It lays 2-3 eggs in a tree cavity.