African Scops-Owl

The African Scops Owl has a distinctive prrrp call which occurs around every 5 seconds:

The African Scops-Owl is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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A well-camouflaged African Scops-owl, Otus senegalensis Due to a nomenclatorial dispute, the generic name Scops is not used by either the scops- or the screech-owls (which when only a few species were known were placed together), nor by any other animal. In 1760, Mathurin Jacques Brisson had established the genus Scopus for the hammerkop, a peculiar African bird. More

* African Scops-Owl in Etosha African Scops-Owl in Halali camp in Etosha National Park Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia Namibnat 20 July 2009 41 weeks ago 4. More

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The African scops-owl can be found in many places in southern Africa, being most abundant in central Namibia, Botswana and north-eastern South Africa. It usually lives in arid savannah woodland. It can also be found in valley bushveld in the Eastern cape. Being only 14-18 cm high, it mainly eats invertebrates, with the remainder being made up of small birds, mammals and reptiles. It usually nests in cavities in trees. More

African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis = The African Scops-Owl is a Southern African bird that belongs to the strigidae bird family group which includes birds such as Typical owls. The description for the African Scops-Owl (Latin name Otus senegalensis) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Otus senegalensis can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 396 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 253. More

pointed out an African Scops-Owl that was roosting in a small http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/afanimal.htm African Animals: Can They Survive?: ...threatened and endangered animals of Africa: African Elephant, African Wild Dog ... Jentik's http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/v059n02/p0192-p0207.html RECENT LITERATURE: 44, 45, 46, 48) 10. The breeding biology of the African Scops Owl. CJ Brown, http://www.uky.edu/~cfox/Students/Savalli/KakaBirdList.html Kakamega Bird List: STRIGIDAE, Owls Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus - uncom W African Wood Owl Ciccaba http://www.msu.edu/~mcconegh/caas/kenya.htm 1999: ...dwellings. More