African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC704876]
by Louis A. Hansen from Mafuta_camp_site_forest_edge_near_Mafuta_village_South_Ukingu_(aka_Nguru)_Tanzania, Tanzania (song)
African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii) [XC516204]
by Mathias D'haen from Dibililo camp, Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (call)
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.