Vermiculated Fishing Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri)
About the Vermiculated Fishing Owl
The vermiculated fishing owl (Scotopelia bouvieri, syn. Bubo bouvieri) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found within riverine forest in southern Nigeria and the Congolian rainforests. This species was first described by British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1875 and named in honour of French naturalist Eugène Louis Bouvier.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 11 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.