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Alternative name: Abyssinian Owl

Photo by balticbird
Ethiopia, February 1997
Asio abyssinicus

Identification

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda

Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies. [1]

  • A. a. abyssinicus:
  • A. a. graueri:
  • Mount Kenya and Ruwenzori Mountains to Mount Kabobo (eastern Zaire)

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

Recommended Citation

External Links

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