African Grass Owl
Tyto capensis(Smith, A, 1834)
English (US) African Grass Owl
The African Grass Owl (Tyto capensis) 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 Tytonidae (Bay Owls and Barn Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Cameroon southward to South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tyto capensis
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Grass Owl
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix Capensis
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1834)
- Type locality
- South Africa, restricted type locality fixed as Cape Town by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 158.
- Original description
- South African Quarterly Journal vol.2, no.4, pt.1 p.317
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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