Akun Eagle-Owl (Bubo leucostictus)

Other Names (World)
Akun Eagle-Owl, Sooty Eagle-owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
43 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

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

Patchily from Sierra Leone and Liberia east to Nigeria and Cameroon, south to mouth of R Congo, Cabinda and probably north-western Angola, and across northern Zaire.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Akun Eagle-Owl (Bubo leucostictus) [XC169695]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Asemkrom, Aowin\/Suaman, Western, Ghana (song)

Akun Eagle-Owl (Bubo leucostictus) [XC718901]
by Peter Boesman from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Akun Eagle-Owl (Bubo leucostictus) - 10 files

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