Bangladesh, March 11 -- Members of the Kalapara branch of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali have rescued a rare species of brown Boobook bird in Kalapara upazila under Patuakhali district.

The eyes of the brown boobook, a nocturnal owl species, are very large and yellow.

The brown boobook (Ninox scutulata), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal east to western Indonesia and south China.

This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. Many animals are afraid of the bird due to its large eyes.

The bird was rescued injured from a house in the area adjacent to Sabujbagh i...