Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) [XC401840]
by Robrecht Debbaut from Erunwon (near Ijebu Ode), Ijebu ode, Ogun State, Nigeria (song)
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) [XC344183]
by Bram Piot from R\u00e9serve naturelle communautaire de Palmarin, Fatick, Senegal (song)
Subspecies
Often treated as conspecific with Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti) but significant differences in DNA and vocal patterns, however, indicate that northern and southern populations specifically distinct. Pale birds in Sudan and dark ones elsewhere have been treated as racially distinct (as margarethae and nigrovertex, respectively), but both considered merely color morphs.