Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Marsh Owl (Asio capensis) - HBW 5, p. 242
French: Hibou du Cap
German: Kapohreule
Spanish: Búho Moro
Other common names: African Marsh Owl
Taxonomy: Otus Capensis A. Smith, 1834, Waaiplaats, Martindale, Cape Province.
Sometimes thought to be closely related to A. flammeus, the two replacing each other ecologically; any resemblance, however, rather superficial and probably due to convergence, and voices also very different. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tingitanus (Loche, 1867) - NW Morocco.
- capensis (A. Smith, 1834) - isolated areas in W Africa, from Senegal to Chad and Cameroon; also from S Sudan and Ethiopian Highlands, and from S Congo, S to the Cape.
- hova Stresemann, 1922 - Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched Locality World of Birds, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Josep del Hoyo 15 August 1998 5 years ago 6 sec 3.4 -
A bird flying and landing on a small reedbed surrounded by strawberry fields Locality Merja Zerga, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco (ssp tingitanus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 3.1 -
A perched bird at dusk Locality Merja Zerga, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco (ssp tingitanus)
Eric Roualet 25 March 2009 1 year ago 14 sec 2.7 -
A bird hidden in the vegetation Locality Merja Zerga, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco (ssp tingitanus)
Eric Roualet 25 March 2009 1 year ago 24 sec 2.7
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two chicks in the nest
Locality Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco (ssp tingitanus)
Imad Cherkkaoui 31 March 2003 22 weeks ago 3 -
In a bunch of trees
Locality Merja Zerga, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco (ssp tingitanus)
auf 14 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
A bird at dusk flying over the marsh
Locality Shamvura Camp, Kavango Region, Namibia (ssp capensis)
Ian Fulton 24 October 2004 2 years ago 1
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