Sokoke Scops-Owl - Otus ireneae
Petit-duc d'Irène
Comment : 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.
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Order : Strigiformes
Family : Strigidae
Species : Sokoke Scops-Owl
Sex : Pair
Age : Adult
Plumage : Breeding
Reference: stga48695
Other pictures
date : aoû 2007
Geographic data
Country : Kenya (ke)
Region : Coast Province
Place : Arabuko Sokoke Forest
Latitude : 3° 19' 18'' South
Longitude : 39° 52' 41'' East
Exif data
Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/60s s
Aperture : f4
Focal : 500 mm
Iso : 500
Flash : no
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