Pel's fishing owl
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Species: | S. peli
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Scotopelia peli (Bonaparte, 1850)
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The Pel's Fishing-owl (Scotopelia peli) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Scotopelia peli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.