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 LC    Cape Eagle-Owl* Id (Atlas):
    Bubo capensis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Cape Eagle-Owl, Dillon's Eagle-owl (dillonii), Mountain Eagle-owl (dillonii), Mackinder's Eagle-owl (mackinderi)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
61 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1834

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry grassland, high altitude grassland and shrubland, dry savanna, urban areas. From 2,000 - 4,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Lesotho, Malawi.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis) [XC808452]
     by id from Makana Local Municipality (near Makhanda), Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis) [XC300004]
     by from Portuguese bridge, Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Formerly thought to form a superspecies with Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo). Subspecies mackinderi has been considered a full species.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • dillonii Des Murs & Prévost, 1846   -  Southern Eritrea and Ethiopian Highlands.
  • mackinderi Sharpe, 1899   -  From west-central Kenya south to Zimbabwe and western Mozambiqe.
  • capensis Smith, 1834   -  South Africa and extreme southern Namibia.



References
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Files:
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