Akun Eagle-Owl
Ketupa leucosticta (Hartlaub, 1855)
Strigidae — Owls
Akun Eagle-Owl, Ketupa leucosticta, is an owl of the African tropical rainforest, breeding from Sierra Leone to Ghana and from Nigeria to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. It was first described by Hartlaub in 1855. The species is placed in Strigidae and is now treated in Ketupa. It is one of the smaller eagle-owls, with dark to reddish-brown upperparts, pale yellow eyes, and two prominent ear tufts marked with white spots. The underparts are white with reddish-brown markings and blackish spots. It is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies.
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae — Owls
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sierra Leone to Ghana; Nigeria to e DR Congo and n Angola
