Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Ketupa lactea(Temminck, CJ, 1820)
English (US) Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
The Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa lactea) 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: savanna and woodland of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ketupa lactea
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix lactea
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.1, vol.2 pl.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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