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Usambara eagle-owl
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B. vosseleri
Binomial name
Bubo vosseleri
Reichenow, 1908

The Usambara eagle-owl, also called the nduk eagle-owl or Vosseier's eagle-owl, (Bubo vosseleri) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.[2] It is endemic to Tanzania.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ White, G. B. (June 1974). "Rarest Eagle Owl in Trouble". Oryx. 12 (4): 484–486. doi:10.1017/S003060530001231X.