Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Verreaux's Eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus) - HBW 5, p. 191
French: Grand-duc de Verreaux
German: Blaßuhu
Spanish: Búho Lechoso
Other common names: Giant/Milky Eagle-owl
Taxonomy: Strix lactea Temminck, 1820, Senegal.
No close relatives. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tropical W Africa patchily from Senegal and C Mali E to Cameroon, and from C Sudan, N Ethiopia and Somalia S to South Africa.
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A bird near Crocodile Bridge Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 22 October 2009 19 weeks ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird in its daytime roosting site. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
A bird resting in its day roost, looking to the camera Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird perched quietly, moving its pink eyelids Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch and flying away Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 4 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
sleeping Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 53 sec 3.7
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Adult at night, perched in tree
Locality South Africa
ingwe24 19 June 2004 2 years ago 4 -
Perching along the dry bed of a seasonal river
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 31 August 2011 21 weeks ago 3.9 -
Day roost of an immature bird
Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 14 February 2006 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird landed on the floor with the first light of day.
Locality Daan Viljoen Game Park, Khomas Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 4 November 2011 9 weeks ago 3.5 -
Verreaux's Eagle Owl sleeping on a tree during the day
Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
Nico 44 weeks ago 3.4 -
A close-up of the head.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 3.2
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Juvenile calling to adult. Okakuejo Waterhole. Etosha NP. 6:39pm. Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 15 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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