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Northern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

Least ConcernRareVertebratesWoodlandCavity nestMedium · 204 g
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 1
Photo: Nicolas Huet / Jean Gabriel Prêtre · Public domain
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 2
Photo: Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 3
Photo: frank wouters · CC BY 2.0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 4
Photo: belgianchocolate · CC BY 2.0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 5
Photo: Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) · Public domain
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 6
Photo: nambon · CC BY 2.0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 7
Photo: Daderot · CC0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 8
Photo: frank wouters · CC BY 2.0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 9
Photo: Edelmauswaldgeist · CC0
Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis), photo 10
Photo: Edelmauswaldgeist · CC0

About the Northern White-faced Owl

The northern white-faced owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The southern white-faced owl was formerly included in this species and the two were known as the white-faced scops-owl.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
Kenya Gambia Ghana Senegal Nigeria Ethiopia Benin Uganda Chad Cameroon Niger Guinea-Bissau Togo Côte d’Ivoire Burkina Faso Congo - Kinshasa Sierra Leone Guinea South Sudan

Recorded as a rare visitor in Algeria, Mauritania, Djibouti, Mali, Liberia, Tanzania.

When to see it

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti) Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis grantiIt is 22–28 cm (8.7–11.0 in) long and weighs 185–220 g (6.5–7.8 oz).

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