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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Africa]]: found from [[Liberia]] to western [[Uganda]] and north-western [[Angola]]; [[Bioko]]
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'''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]] and [[Zaire]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Tanzania]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands: [[Bioko]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
[[Image:Frasers eagle-owl web 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />[[Kakum National Park]], [[Ghana]], February 2011]]
 
 
Rain forests
 
Rain forests
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
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Photo by AdamRiley
Atewa, Ghana, December 2011
Bubo poensis

Identification

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zaire
Eastern Africa: Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands: Bioko

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Rain forests

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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