Rufous Fishing Owl - BirdForum Opus

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Scotopelia ussheri

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Identification

46-51 cm. Uniform orangey-brown upperparts with paler buff underparts streaked with brown, dark eyes and no "ears". In flight, appears orange and white, showing off pale underwings and white belly.

Distribution

Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Some authorities place this species in genus Bubo (Scotopelia would then be a subgenus for the fishing owls).

Habitat

Riverine rainforest and mangroves.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. König, C. and F. Weick 2008. Owls of the World, second edition. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous Fishing Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous_Fishing_Owl

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