It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Oriental Bay Owl.

The Sri Lanka Bay Owl was also considered a subspecies.

Tytonidae (barn and bay owls)

The bay owls are barn owls of the genus Phodilus, subfamily Phodilinae.

The Humboldt Bay owl's clover, Castilleja ambigua ssp.

ARKive - images and movies of the Oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)

SINCE 1951, the only known specimen of the Congo bay owl had been a stuffed bird sitting in a Belgian museum.

The Congo bay owl, or Phodilus prigoginei, a rich chestnut color with white spots, was not hurt, and the scientists photographed and measured it before releasing it.

At least 296 bird species have been recorded from PTR including the globally endangered white-winged wood duck, the unique ibisbill and the rare Oriental bay owl.

Lesser adjutant stork, Grey-headed Fish-eagle Peninsular bay owl, Broad-billed roller and Great pied hornbill.

The Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius) is a type of bay owl, usually classified with barn owls.

The Congo Bay Owl (Phodilus prigoginei) is a species of bay owl in the Tytonidae family.

Several rare birds like Ceylon Frogmouth, Bourdillon's Long eared Indian Nightjar, Peninsular Bay owl, Crimson-throated Barbet, Malabar hornbill are found here.

Despite organized protests at Kiper Homes' Blue Ridge property in Antioch, California by Friends of East Bay Owls, one-way doors were installed in the birds' burrows so that the owl families could not return to their nests in early 2010.

The Congo Bay Owl (Phodilus prigoginei) was formerly classified as a subspecies of Oriental Bay Owl due to insufficient knowledge, but it has turned out that it might not even belong to the same genus.

The genus Tyto includes all barn owls (family Tytonidae) except for the bay owls (subfamily Phodilinae, genus Phodilus) - that is, the true barn owls, the grass owls and the masked owls collectively making up the subfamily Tytoninae.