Abyssinian Owl
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| Abyssinian Owl | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Asio |
| Species: | A. abyssinicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Asio abyssinicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) |
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The Abyssinian Owl or African Long-eared Owl, Asio abyssinicus, is a medium-sized owl with yellow eyes, a black bill and gray eyebrows. It is similar in appearance to the Long-eared Owl, Asio otus, but is overall darker, and their ranges do not overlap. It has long, brown, white-edged ear tufts that are slightly centrally located on the head.[citation needed]
This owl prefers open grasslands or moorlands with oak or cedar forests, and it occurs in mountain valleys and gorges up to 3900 meters (12,800 ft.) above sea level.[citation needed] It lives in a large range in Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia (BirdLife International 2007).
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). Asio abyssinicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 April 2009.
