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Alternative name: Abyssinian Owl

Photo by balticbird
Ethiopia, February 1997

Asio abyssinicus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies. ^[1]

• A. a. abyssinicus:

• Highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia

• A. a. graueri:

• Mount Kenya and Ruwenzori Mountains to Mount Kabobo (eastern Zaire)

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] 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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links