African Grass Owl

Tyto capensis - Effraie du Cap

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Tytonidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tyto

  • Species
    :

    capensis

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 37 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 266 à 520 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

African Grass Owl (Tyto capensis) is a species of bird in the Tytonidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Effraie du Cap,
  • Lechuza de El Cabo,
  • coruja-do-capim,
  • Kapgraseule,
  • fokföldi gyöngybagoly,
  • Kaapse Grasuil,
  • Barbagianni africano,
  • afrikansk gräsuggla,
  • Gresslørugle,
  • plamienka trávna,
  • sova travní,
  • Kapslørugle,
  • afrikanruohopöllö,
  • Grasuil,
  • òliba camallarga del Cap,
  • płomykówka ziemna,
  • savannas plīvurpūce,
  • Капская сипуха,
  • ミナミメンフクロウ,
  • 非洲草鸮,
  • afrikansk gräsuggla,
  • 非洲草鴞,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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