Northern White-faced Owl
Ptilopsis leucotis(Temminck, CJ, 1820)
English (US) Northern White-faced Owl
The Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) 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: Senegambia to Somalia, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and central KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilopsis leucotis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern White-faced Owl
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix leucotis
- 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.3, vol.2 pl.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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