Northern White-faced Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Niokolo-Koba National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
0–10%
2 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
3 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
4 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
5 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Northern White-faced Owl in Niokolo-Koba National Park?

About 8% of visitor-days record a Northern White-faced Owl sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park, based on 25 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Northern White-faced Owl in Niokolo-Koba National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Northern White-faced Owl in Niokolo-Koba National Park in our monthly data.

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