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Ketupa lacteus
Ketupa lacteus
Verreaux's Eagle-owl
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0714 0114 (2014-07-29)

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  • date of photo  Sep 28, 2011
  • location   Samburu National Reserve, Rift Valley Province (Kenya)
  • notes   Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, Bubo lacteus (also known as the Milky Eagle Owl or Giant Eagle Owl[2]), is a member of the family Strigidae and is the largest African owl. This owl is the world's third heaviest living owl, after the Blakiston's Fish Owl and Eurasian Eagle-Owl and the fourth longest owl, after additionally the Great Gray Owl.
  • keywords: Eating
  • CalAcademy slide #   Verreaux's Eagle-owl 110928 _D331760
  • photo category: Animal - Bird
  • original filename: Verreaux's Eagle-owl 110928 _D331760.jpg

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Verreaux's Eagle-owl (photographer)
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