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BirdPix:   10051
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2823BA
Observer:   Liebenberg Aletta Gesina
Date of record:   2014-08-31
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Kaapse ooruil oranje oe, bubo capensis
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   368
Species name:   Bubo africanus
Common name:   Spotted Eagle-Owl -- Gevlekte Ooruil
Family:   Strigidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-10051
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 10051 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10051 - photo: 2
VM-number: 10051 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Eye colour can be variable, but the barring is diagnostic. Cape Eagle-Owl is blotched or "spotted".
Date:   2014-09-01 07:41:29
Species name:   Bubo africanus -- Spotted Eagle-Owl; Gevlekte Ooruil
Species code:   368

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