Ptilopsis
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| Ptilopsis | |
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| Northern white-faced owl | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Ptilopsis Kaup, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Strix leucotis[1] Temminck, 1820
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| Species | |
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P. leucotis | |
Ptilopsis is a genus of typical owls, or true owls, in the family Strigidae, that inhabits Africa. Its members are:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Northern white-faced owl | Ptilopsis leucotis (Temminck, 1820) |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Southern white-faced owl | Ptilopsis granti (Kollibay, 1910) |
southern half of Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
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