Spotted Eagle-Owl
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Spotted Eagle-Owl

Bubo africanus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kibale National Park
1 Verified records at Kibale National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus), 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 (1.0 to 2.0 lb). It has a 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in) 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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kibale National Park

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
LC

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bubo lacteus

<5% · Rare
African Wood-Owl
LC

African Wood-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Strix woodfordii

<5% · Rare
Red-chested Owlet
LC

Red-chested Owlet

Bird

Glaucidium tephronotum

<5% · Rare
Southern White-faced Owl
LC

Southern White-faced Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ptilopsis granti

Insufficient data
Common Barn-Owl
LC Endemic

Common Barn-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto alba

<5% · Rare
African Grass-Owl
LC

African Grass-Owl

Bird

Tyto capensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Spotted Eagle-Owl at Kibale National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
2 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
3 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
4 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
5 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
<5%
6 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
7 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
8 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
9 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
10 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
11 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
12 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
13 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
14 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
15 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
16 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
17 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
18 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
19 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
20 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
21 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
22 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
23 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
24 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
25 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
26 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
27 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
28 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
29 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
30 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
31 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
32 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
33 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
34 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
35 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
36 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
37 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
38 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
39 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
40 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
41 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
42 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
43 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
44 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
45 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
46 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
47 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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