Principe Scops Owl
Otus bikegilaMelo, M; Freitas, B; Verbelen, P; da Costa, SR; Pereira, H; Fuchs, J; Sangster, G; Correia, MN; de Lima, RF; Crottini, A, 2022
English (US) Principe Scops Owl
The Principe Scops Owl (Otus bikegila) 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: PrĂncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Otus bikegila
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Principe Scops Owl
- Described by
- Melo, M; Freitas, B; Verbelen, P; da Costa, SR; Pereira, H; Fuchs, J; Sangster, G; Correia, MN; de Lima, RF; Crottini, A, 2022
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Melo, M; Freitas, B; Verbelen, P; da Costa, SR; Pereira, H; Fuchs, J; Sangster, G; Correia, MN; de Lima, RF; Crottini, A, 2022
- Type locality
- PrĂncipe Island, South PrĂncipe, ca. 500 m NW of Ribeira Porco river mouth (Fig. 1); 1°33.03'N, 7°22.29'E; ca. 100 m a.s.l.; 29 May 2017; HP and Ceciliano do Bom Jesus leg
- Original description
- ZooKeys 1126 1-54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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