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African Wood Owl

Strix woodfordii (A.Smith, 1834) — also called African Wood-Owl, Wood Owl, AFWO. Occurrence records of the African Wood Owl are shared on GBIF from around 9 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Constantia Nek (55 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernStrigidae
9reserves with records
179records around them
4provinces
LCIUCN category
African Wood Owl (Strix woodfordii)
Photo: Robert Lewis from Berkeley, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Constantia NekNature reserveWC Western Cape55
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo34
Harold Johnson Nature ReserveProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal25
Ratombo Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo23
Mountainlands Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga16
White River Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga16
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical gardenLP Limpopo4
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserveLP Limpopo3
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo3

By province

Limpopo
5 reserves
Mpumalanga
2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
1 reserve
Western Cape
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Scientific name
Strix woodfordii
GBIF taxon
2497530
Wikidata
Q385170

More of the Strigidae family

Spotted Eagle-OwlPearl-spotted OwletAfrican Scops OwlVerreaux's Eagle-OwlSouthern White-faced OwlCape Eagle-OwlAfrican Barred Owlet

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.