Owls

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Bubo lacteus

The Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus) is a 2.1 kg woodland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

2.1 kg

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Uganda, Gambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Benin, Malawi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eSwatini.

Where to see it: Aga Khan University (private) · Ngaramtoni Korongo (Tanzania); Chobe NP (Savuti region) (Botswana); Brufut Woods (Gambia); Abaarso, Somaliland (Somalia); PN Zakouma (Salamat Part) (Chad).

Photo: (c) Clifford Davel, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist