Introduction
The Congo Bay Owl is a small owl with no ear-tufts. It is also known as the African Bay Owl or the Itombwe Owl. Some authors place this species in the genus Tyto with other Barn Owls.
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Information
Distribution: Itombwe Mountains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and also Nyungwe Forest in southwest Rwanda. May also occur in Burundi.
![Range of Congo Bay Owl (Phodilus prigoginei)](species/rangemaps/itombwe_owl.jpg)
Range of the Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoginei
Status: Apparently rare and endangered.
Original Description: Schouteden, Henri. 1952. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 46, p. 424-428.