Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Bubo lacteus (Temminck, 1820) — also called Verreaux's eagle owl. Occurrence records of the Verreaux's Eagle-Owl are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (164 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernStrigidae

6reserves with records

334records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus) — Photo: frederic.salein · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	164
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	62
Mala Mala Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	51
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	46
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	9
!Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	2

By province

Mpumalanga: 3 reserves
North West: 1 reserve
Limpopo: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Scientific name: Bubo lacteus
GBIF taxon: 5959139
Wikidata: Q675783

More of the Strigidae family

Spotted Eagle-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet African Scops Owl African Wood Owl Southern White-faced Owl Cape Eagle-Owl African 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.