Species Otus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) (African scops owl)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Strigiformes
  • ---- family: Strigidae
  • ----- species: Otus senegalensis
Countries:

BW
Botswana
ET
Ethiopia
GH
Ghana
GM
Gambia
KE
Kenya
NA
Namibia
NG
Nigeria
OM
Oman
SZ
Swaziland
TG
Togo
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
ZA
South Africa
ZM
Zambia
Ecoregions:

AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0111
Eastern Guinean forests
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0707
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1007
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1010
Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic
AT1302
Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert
AT1320
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
Links:
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Author died more than 70 years ago public domain images
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27736306
Creator: Vernon Swanepoel
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: The tiny African Scops Owl sitting in a Mopani tree in Namibia's Etosha National Park. For more on birding and nature in Namibia, visit my blog, Frantic Naturalist.
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27379968
Date: 2010-12-06
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Satara Camp, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA
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