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Mottled Wood-Owl

Strix ocellata
Family
Owls
Order
Strigiformes
Codes
mowowl1, MWOW, MOWO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderStrigiformes
FamilyOwls (Strigidae)
SpeciesStrix ocellata
Codesmowowl1, MWOW, MOWO
Identification

The Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellata) is a member of the Owls family within the order Strigiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code mowowl1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Sandy Scops-Owl
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Sokoke Scops-Owl
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Mottled Wood-Owl photo
(c) Pratibha Riswadkar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pratibha Riswadkar

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Strix ocellata

Family: Owls

Order: Strigiformes

eBird Code: mowowl1