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    (c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Marc Faucher, all rights reserved

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    (c) Ehren, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Mathias D'haen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) markus lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Vermiculated Fishing-Owl

Scotopelia bouvieri

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About

The vermiculated fishing owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found within riverine forest in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria. This species was first described by the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1875 and named in honour of the French naturalist Eugène Louis Bouvier.

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