Maned Owl (Jubula lettii)

Other Names (World)
Maned Owl, Akun Scops-owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
34 - 37 cm

First Described (Guide)
(B�ttikofer, 1889)

Habitat
Tall closed-canopy rainforest, not semi-evergreen open-canopy forest. Has never been recorded outside forest or forest clearings.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia.

Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana; and patchily from southern Cameroon and northern Gabon to eastern Zaire.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status DD
Habitat loss through timber harvesting is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Sometimes suggested that genus be merged with Neotropical Lophostrix. However, superficial similarities in appearance and similar ecology probably due to convergent evolution.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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