Akun Eagle-Owl
Ketupa leucosticta(Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
English (US) Akun Eagle-Owl
The Akun Eagle-Owl (Ketupa leucosticta) 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: Sierra Leone and Liberia to Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern AngolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ketupa leucosticta
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Akun Eagle-Owl
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bubo leucostictus
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
- Type locality
- Dabocrom, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 3, no.17 p.354
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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