Owls

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl

Bubo ascalaphus

The Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus) is a 2.1 kg desert bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

2.1 kg

Habitat

Desert

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

16

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist