在二十世纪五十年代,鸟类学家乔治·莫顿·亨利,《斯里兰卡的飞鸟最终卷》一书的作者,认为恶魔鸟就是林雕鸮。
In the 1950s , ornithologist George Morton Henry , author of a definitive volume on the birds of Sri Lanka , decided that the devil bird actually was the spot-bellied eagle owl .