Vermiculated Fishing Owl

The Vermiculated Fishing Owl is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Vermiculated Fishing Owl (Scotopelia Bouvieri) Fishing Owls at Agenbode, Nigeria. Information and pictures. Category:Biology > Biota > Fauna > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Amniota > Aves > Strigiformes > Strigidae > Bubo Login New Listings Hot Listings Top Rated Editor Pick Register My Account Add a Listing Update a Listing Suggest a Category Contact Copyright More

Vermiculated Fishing Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri), which they say (accurately) occurs only along the river (in riparian gallery forests, as I had also discovered there), and that calls early morning, such as 3 to 5 a.m. Vermiculated Fishing Owls are not bad omens, as they never enter villages. More

of several Vermiculated Fishing Owls for the night. Later a bird, with fish in tow, was approached to a ridiculous distance and photographed to our hearts content. This spectacular bird is seen here with some regularity and we had four that night! We returned for a spectacular dinner and good stories. 30 Aug – 3 September: Operation Loango. We had a lot of time in this wildlife paradise. More

Order : Strigiformes
Family : Strigidae
Genus : Scotopelia
Species : bouvieri
Authority : Sharpe, 1875