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The Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the Eagle owls. Its length is forty-five cm (18 inch) and its weight is from 480 to 850g (1 to 1.8 pounds). It has a 100 centimetres (39 in) to 140 centimetres (55 in) wingspan. The facial disk is off white to pale ochre and the eyes are yellow. It has prominent ear tufts, and the upper body is dusky brown, the lower parts off-white with brown bars. Prior to 1999 the Spotted Eagle-Owl was considered conspecific with the Greyish Eagle-Owl, but now it is classed as a separate species. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Bubo
Scientific:
Bubo africanus
Citation:
(Temminck, 1821)
Reference:
Pl.Col. pl.50
Protonym:
Strix africana
Avibase ID:
04423361B199ACA0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/04423361
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555408
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Spotted Eagle Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grand-duc africain ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo africanus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo africanus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Bubo [africanus or cinerascens]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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