Rufous Fishing Owl
Scotopelia ussheriSharpe, RB, 1871
English (US) Rufous Fishing Owl
The Rufous Fishing Owl (Scotopelia ussheri) 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: rainforest of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and GhanaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scotopelia ussheri
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rufous Fishing Owl
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1871
- Type locality
- Fanti, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.1 p.101 pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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