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Sokoke Scops Owl

Sokoke Scops Owl - Adult

Photographer

» Steven Garvie

Location

» Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Country image taken

» Kenya

Date

» August, 2007

Equipment

» Canon 1D mkII + 500mm IS lens + 1.4x TC + flash

Bird Species

»Otus ireneae - Sokoke Scops Owl

Bird Species (French)

»Petit-duc d'Irène

Bird Family

»Strigidae - Owl

Bird Group

»Strigiformes Owl

Bird Status

» Endangered

Remarks

» An endangered range-restricted species whose major population resides in Kenya's Arabuko-Sokoke forest but with small satellite populations at Dakacha & in Tanzania's East Usambara Mountains.

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