African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC451913]
by Peter Boesman from Mullers Mountain Lodge, Lushoto, Tanga Region, Tanzania (call, song)
African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC161087]
by Lynette Rudman from Mabira forest, Mukono, Central Region, Uganda (call)
Subspecies
Birds from Sokoke Forest in Kenya sometimes separated as subspecies sokokensis; populations described from Central African Republic to Sudan and southern Zaire (as bohndorffi) considered not separable from other subspecies.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
nuchalis (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegambia east to southern Sudan and Uganda, south to northern Angola and Zaire (except southern and east), including Bioko I.
umbrina (Heuglin, 1863) - Ethiopia and south-eastern Sudan.