Verreaux's Eagle Owl - Bubo lacteus

Also known as Milky Eagle Owl, Giant Eagle Owl

Juvenile	Day roost, Lake Baringo, Rift Valley, Kenya	© Bruce Marcot
Juvenile (contact?)	Night, Lake Baringo, Rift Valley, Kenya	© Bruce Marcot

Status: Widespread, but locally rare and endangered.

Original Description: Temminck, Coenraad Jacob. 1820. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, pour servier de suite et de complement aux planches enluminees de Buffon (this journal’s (?) abbreviation is Pl. Col.): livraison 1, pl. 4.

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