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 LC    Pel's Fishing-owl* Id (Atlas):
    Scotopelia peli

Description (10)
Image of Pel's Fishing-owl
 

Other Names (World)
Pel's Fishing-Owl, African Fishing-owl, African Fish-owl, Pel's Fishing Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
61 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland (E) (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Locally from Senegambia east to Benin, and from Nigeria southern across Congo Basin and central Africa to Botswana, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa; also south-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania; status in southern Mali, Burkina Faso and southern Niger unclear.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

 
Pel's Fishing Owl (Scotopelia peli) [XC713340]
     by Derek Solomon from Campement du Lion, Tambacounda, Senegal (song)

 
Pel's Fishing Owl (Scotopelia peli) [XC829789]
     by Marc Anderson from Limpopo River, Botswana (call, duet, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Pels Fishing-owl (Scotopelia peli) - 10 files


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