Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli)

Query: Strigidae

Result: 192^nd of 293

Subject:	Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli)
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Ketupa peli - 1872 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18400119.jpg

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Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli)

Ketupa peli
Date 1872
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam, p. 14
Old Latin name Ketupa peli
New Latin name Scotopelia peli
Common name Nederlands: Pels visuil
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The Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli) is a large species of owl in the family Strigidae. It feeds nocturnally on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of lakes and rivers. The species prefers slow moving rivers with large overhanging trees to roost and forage from. It nests in hollows and the forks of large trees. Though two eggs are laid, only one chick is raised. It is found throughout a large part of sub-Saharan Africa.

Strigidae
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