African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC514875]
by Louis A. Hansen from Dibililo camp, Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (call)
African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC823714]
by Louis A. Hansen from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (song)
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.