(African) Spotted Eagle Owl

Bubo africanus

Variously called the African Spotted Eagle Owl (Eagle-owl), African Spotted Owl, African Eagle Owl and the Spotted Eagle Owl, the owl looks very like the Great Horned Owl of America with less rich rufous colouring and slightly smaller; a big bird, it is one of the smallest Eagle Owls at some 18 inches high. It comes from sub-Saharan Africa.