Spotted Eagle-Owl
Bubo africanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusBubo (Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls)
- SpeciesBubo africanus (Spotted Eagle-Owl)
Closest Relatives at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Eagle-Owl in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Spotted Eagle-Owl sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, based on 61 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Eagle-Owl in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Eagle-Owl in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in our monthly data.