{"id":25448,"date":"2012-11-05T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:23","slug":"spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the Eagle owls. Its prey consists of small mammals, birds, insects and reptiles. They inhabit most of Africa south of the Sahara desert away from dense forests.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Spotted Eagle-owl\u00a0<i>Bubo\u00a0africanus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-320-25448\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2424\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-5.jpg\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2423\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-4.jpg\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2422\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-3.jpg\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2421\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-2.jpg\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2420\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-1.jpg\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spotted-eagle-owl-bubo-africanus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spotted Eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the Eagle owls. 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