Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Akun Eagle-owl (Bubo leucostictus) - HBW 5, p. 192
French: Grand-duc tacheté
German: Schwachschnabeluhu
Spanish: Búho de Akún
Other common names: Sooty Eagle-owl
Taxonomy: Bubo leucostictus Hartlaub, 1855, Dabocrom, Ghana.
No obvious close relatives. Monotypic.
Distribution: Patchily from Sierra Leone and Liberia E to Nigeria and Cameroon, S to mouth of R Congo, Cabinda and probably NW Angola, and across N Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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front view spotlighted high in tree Locality Krabo Forest, Western Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 December 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.7 -
front view high in tree, does pooh Locality Krabo Forest, Western Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 December 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 3.3 -
front view, looks around and flies Locality Krabo Forest, Western Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 December 2010 2 years ago 11 sec 3
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Adult perched
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 28 November 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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