Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti) - HBW 5, p. 183

French: Petit-duc de Grant German: Südbüscheleule Spanish: Autillo Cariblanco Sureño
Other common names: White-faced Scops-owl/Owl (with P. leucotis)

Taxonomy: Pisorhina leucotis granti Kollibay, 1910, Namibia.
Genus until recently merged with Otus, but shown by molecular-biological studies to be very different, and eyes also much bigger. Often treated as conspecific with P. leucotis, but differs significantly in DNA and vocal patterns. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Gabon, C Congo, S Zaire, S Uganda and SW Kenya, S to S Namibia, N Cape Province and Natal.