Fishing-Owls
Scotopelia
Fishing owls are a group of sub-Saharan African birds in the family Strigidae, the true owls. Fishing owls have traditionally been placed in the genus Scotopelia, but DNA evidence suggests they should be included in genus Bubo with the horned owls and eagle-owls.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Pel's Fishing-Owl
speciesScotopelia peli
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl
speciesScotopelia bouvieri
Rufous Fishing-Owl
speciesScotopelia ussheri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19970.