Birds of the World

    STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae (Owls)  
Genus: Scotopelia (3 species)


Vermiculated Fishing Owl
Vermiculated Fishing Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)
Range: AF: Nigeria to e DR Congo and n Angola
Loango National Park, Akaka, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Pel's Fishing Owl
Pel's Fishing Owl (Scotopelia peli)
Range: AF: widespread s of the Sahara
Malawi  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Rufous Fishing Owl
Rufous Fishing Owl (Scotopelia ussheri) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Ghana
Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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