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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Asio

Abyssinian Owl

Asio abyssinicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (aleowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Asio

Subspecies (2)

Asio abyssinicus abyssinicus

highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia
Asio abyssinicus graueri

Rwenzori Mountains (northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern Uganda), Mount Kabobo (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Mount Kenya (Kenya)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (aleowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.