Itombwe Owl
Tyto prigoginei(Schouteden, H, 1952)
English (US) Itombwe Owl
The Itombwe Owl (Tyto prigoginei) 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: poorly known; reported only from the Itombwe Mountains and Itombwe Forest, eastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tyto prigoginei
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Itombwe Owl
- Described by
- (Schouteden, H, 1952)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phodilus Prigoginei
- Described by
- (Schouteden, H, 1952)
- Original description
- Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 46 p.424
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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