Southern white-faced owl / Südbüscheleule (Ptilopsis granti)

Owl, perhaps southern white-faced owl. 2016-09-24 18.37.18 Botswana
Classification: Genus Ptilopsis; Family Strigidae
General: The southern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis granti) is a fairly small owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to the southern half of Africa. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the northern white-faced owl (P. leucopsis) but the two are now commonly treated as separate species. [more]

First documented observation : 2016-09-24 in Botswana.