Sokoke Scops Owl - Otus ireneae

Petit-duc d'Irène

Sokoke Scops Owl adult breeding
A roosting pair of the rufous morph. This is Africa's smallest one of its rarest owls being restricted to the Cynometra woodland of Kenya's Arabuko-Sokoke forest Tanzania's Eastern Usambara mountain forest remnants. These owls nest in cavities in mature Brachylaena trees which are one of the first trees to be targeted by illegal logging.
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The species

Classification

Order  : Strigiformes
Family : Strigidae
Species : Sokoke Scops Owl


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The picture

O.Net ref. : stga48695
Author :
Gender :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2007 Aug
Country : Kenya (ke)
Region : Coast Province
Place : Arabuko Sokoke Forest Arabuko Sokoke Forest
Lat. : 3° 19' 18'' South
Lng. : 39° 52' 41'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/60s s
aperture : f4
Focal length : 500 mm
Iso : 500
Flash : no