Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) - HBW 5, p. 187
French: Grand-duc africain
German: Fleckenuhu
Spanish: Búho Africano
Other common names: African Eagle-owl
Taxonomy: Strix africana Temminck, 1821, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Often considered to include B. cinerascens as a race, but the two differ in morphology and not known to interbreed where ranges overlap. Taxonomic status of race milesi not well understood, possibly specifically distinct. Race tanae perhaps only pale variant, as is form described from Namibia (trothae). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- milesi Sharpe, 1886 - SW Arabia, Yemen and Oman.
- africanus (Temminck, 1821) - Gabon E to Zaire (S of rainforest), S Uganda and C Kenya, S to the Cape.
- tanae Keith & Twomey, 1968 - R Tana and Lali Hills, in SE Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird roosting in a tree Locality Hora Crater Lake, Ethiopia (ssp africanus)
Keith Blomerley 7 April 2002 3 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
Two juveniles on the ground and flying away, then an adult bird perched on a branch and flying away Locality Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp africanus)
Peter Waanders 10 January 2003 8 years ago 49 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird perched Locality World of Birds, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Jordi Sargatal 15 August 1998 5 years ago 14 sec 3.2 -
A bird perched on a post Locality Klein Aus Vista Lodge, Aus, Karas Region, Namibia
Keith Blomerley 23 January 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 3 -
An individual perched on a branch Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp africanus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 3 October 2002 8 years ago 27 sec 2.1
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Sagala Lodge, Segala Hills, Kenya
kblach 23 September 2011 17 weeks ago 4.1 -
Spotted Eagle-Owl perched on a branch near a nest
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Rhonda Hansch 22 September 2007 8 weeks ago 4 -
A parent with two chicks roost in a willow tree
Locality Greyton, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Mike_G 5 November 2005 3 years ago 4 -
Spotted Eagle owl on overhanging tree branch
Locality Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia
Donald Burton 7 January 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Perched on an overhead cable at night
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 13 February 2010 9 weeks ago 3.9 -
Sub-adult perched in tree
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp africanus)
Loutjie Steenberg 27 December 2009 50 weeks ago 3.8
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A pair calling in trees by the camp site. 20:17. Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp africanus)
Charles Hesse 23 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5
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