Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Bubo ascalaphusde Savigny, MJCL, 1809
English (US) Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
The Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: northwestern Africa southward through Mauretania and eastward to Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bubo ascalaphus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
- Described by
- de Savigny, MJCL, 1809
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bubo Ascalaphus
- Described by
- de Savigny, MJCL, 1809
- Type locality
- Upper Egypt.
- Original description
- Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Histoire naturelle. Vol. 1 1 pt1 livr.1 p.110 pl.3 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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