Pel's fishing owl
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Pel's fishing owl | |
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Adult | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Scotopelia |
Species: | S. peli |
Binomial name | |
Scotopelia peli Bonaparte, 1850 | |
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Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli) is a large species of owl in the family Strigidae, found in Africa. It lives near rivers and lakes, and feeds nocturnally on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of lakes and rivers. The species prefers slow-moving rivers with large, overhanging trees to roost in and forage from.[3] It nests in hollows and the forks of large trees. Though as many as two eggs are laid, often only one chick is raised.