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The breeding season is March-August in Palestine, but earlier in southern Oman,
where pairs generally cease vocalizing as early as March.
“Egg-laying in Arabia is estimated to occur from early February to late April,”
the scientists wrote (Prostak, 2015).
“Nesting data are scant: just one pair has been studied in detail in Palestine, a
total of five eggs was laid between 6 and 14 May, with an incubation period of
34–39 days; eggs hatched on 10-21 June and the fledging period was 30–40 days;
another clutch, in eastern Saudi Arabia, numbered three fresh eggs on 25
February” (Prostak, 2015).
The Arabian population has been estimated at about 3,000 pairs and in Palestine
there were about 200 pairs in the late 1980s (Prostak, 2015).
Recent surveys in Palestine suggest a decline, with some former territories
occupied now by the Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus) (Prostak, 2015).

The range of the Desert Tawny Owl. http://novataxa.blogspot.ae/2015/01/strix-hadorami.html

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