The spotted eagle-owl is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the eagle owls. Its length is 45 centimetres (18 in) and its weight is from 454 to 907 grams. It has a 100 to 140 centimetres 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
Citation:
(Temminck, CJ 1821)
Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois.
livr.9 pl.50
Protonym:
Strix africana
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.
Avibase ID:
DC8CC91D797CFDDB
Avibase ID:
avibase-DC8CC91D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DC8CC91D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555408
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spotted Eagle-Owl (nominate) ( Bubo africanus africanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spotted Eagle-Owl [africanus or tanae] ( Bubo africanus [africanus or tanae]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Spotted Eagle-owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Spotted Eagle-Owl (Spotted) ( Bubo africanus africanus/tanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Spotted Eagle-Owl ( Bubo africanus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Bubo africanus africanus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Bubo [africanus or milesi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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