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| Spotted eagle-owl | |
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| At night, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Bubo |
| Species: | B. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bubo africanus (Temminck, 1821)
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The spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus), also known as the African spotted eagle-owl and the African eagle-owl, is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the eagle owls. Its length is 45 cm (18 in) and its weight is from 454 to 907 grams (1.0 to 2.0 lb). It has a 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in) wingspan.[3] The facial disk is off-white to pale ochre and the eyes are yellow. It has prominent ear-tufts, and the upper body is dusky brown, the lower parts off-white with brown bars. Prior to 1999 the spotted eagle-owl was considered conspecific with the greyish eagle-owl, but now it is classed as a separate species.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Bubo africanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61741628A155475138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61741628A155475138.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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- ^ Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus).