Vermiculated fishing-owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)

Wikipedia: Vermiculated fishing-owl Source: WIKIPEDIA Scotopelia_bouveri_-_Keulemans.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Scotopelia (Scotopelia); Family Strigidae (Strigidae)
General: The vermiculated fishing owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found within riverine forest in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria. This species was first described by the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1875 and named in honour of the French naturalist Eugène Louis Bouvier. [more]