Marsh Owl

Asio capensis - Hibou du Cap

Hibou du Cap
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Asio

  • Species
    :

    capensis

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 36 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 82 à 99 cm.
  • Weight
    : 225 à 485 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hibou du Cap
adult
Hibou du Cap

Marsh Owl (Asio capensis) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Asio capensis capensis (Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia south to South Africa)
  • Asio capensis tingitanus (n Morocco)
  • Asio capensis hova (Madagascar)

Foreign names

  • Hibou du Cap,
  • Búho moro,
  • coruja-moura,
  • Kapohreule,
  • mocsári fülesbagoly,
  • Afrikaanse Velduil,
  • Gufo di palude africano,
  • kapuggla,
  • Gressugle,
  • myšiarka jednofarebná,
  • kalous africký,
  • Kap-ugle,
  • afrikansuopöllö,
  • Vlei-uil,
  • mussol gregari,
  • Serkugla,
  • uszatka mauretańska,
  • Kāpzemes pūce,
  • afriška uharica,
  • Африканская ушастая сова,
  • アフリカコミミズク,
  • 沼泽耳鸮,
  • kapuggla,
  • 沼澤耳鴞,

Voice song and call

Hibou du Cap
adult

Habitat

Hibou du Cap

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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