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Sokoke Scops Owl female, 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.
Reproduction prohibited without prior permission. © Steve Garvie

The species

Classification

Order : Strigiformes
Family : Strigidae
Species : Sokoke Scops Owl


Species photos

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The photo

O.Net reference : stga48695
Author :
Sex :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Photo details

Date : 2007 Aug.
Country : Kenya (ke)
Region : Coast Province
Location : Arabuko Sokoke Forest Arabuko Sokoke Forest
Lat. : 3° 19' 59'' South
Lng. : 39° 52' 1'' East

Exif data [+][-]

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