Spotted Eagle-Owl

When to see the Spotted Eagle-Owl

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spotted Eagle-Owl

The map shades 22 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Spotted Eagle-Owl

The spotted eagle-owl, also known as the African spotted eagle-owl and the African eagle-owl, is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the eagle owls. Its length is 45 cm (18 in) and its weight is from 454 to 907 grams. It has a 100 to 140 cm wingspan. The facial disk is off-white to pale ochre and the eyes are yellow. It has prominent ear-tufts, and the upper body is dusky brown, the lower parts off-white with brown bars. Prior to 1999 the spotted eagle-owl was considered conspecific with the greyish eagle-owl, but now it is classed as a separate species.

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Easily confused with

Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo buboThe Eurasian eagle-owl is among the larger birds of prey, smaller than the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), but larger than the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), despite some overlap in size with both of those species. Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensisThis is a large owl, though intermediate in size among other large Bubo owls. Lesser Horned OwlBubo magellanicusThe lesser horned owl or Magellanic horned owl is a large owl of the genus Bubo found in southern South America, extending north to the central Andes.