Vermiculated Fishing Owl
Scotopelia bouvieriSharpe, RB, 1875
English (US) Vermiculated Fishing Owl
The Vermiculated Fishing Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) 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: southern Cameroon to Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and northern AngolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scotopelia bouvieri
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vermiculated Fishing Owl
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1875
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1875
- Type locality
- Lop6, Ogowe River, Gaboon.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.5 p.260
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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