Pel's Fishing Owl
Scotopelia peli(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Pel's Fishing Owl
The Pel's Fishing Owl (Scotopelia peli) 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: locally in riverine forest of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scotopelia peli
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pel's Fishing Owl
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix peli
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- Ashanti.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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