Pel's Fishing Owl
Ge Pel 's Fishing, not yet colored young bird
The total Pel 's Fishing - owl (Bubo peli, and in older literature also Scotopelia peli ), also called Tie- Fishing Owl, is a species of the family of real owls. It is found only in Africa. Previously, the species was placed in the genus Scotopelia. This genus is now regarded as a sub-species of owls.
Features
The total Pel 's Fishing is a relatively large Uhuart and reaches a body size of 51 to 61 inches. The plumage is reddish brown, slightly streaked and mottled gray on the top. The underside is paler than the upper side, the gray stripes are more pronounced. The type has no ear tufts, which differentiates it from many other owls. The legs and toes are not feathered. The claws are very strong.
Possible confusion exist with the Rufous Fishing Owl, but this is much smaller and their plumage is strong reddish brown. The Marmorfischeule is smaller than the total Pel 's Fishing.
The Mesoptil of the young birds is whitish. You molt in first plumage gown resembling the adult birds on the back, but paler. The body bottom is initially very bright because it lacks even the characteristic drawing of the adult birds.
Distribution and habitat
The distribution of Ge Pel 's Fishing is disjoint. It occurs sporadically before in Mali and Nigeria, Senegal, Gamia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Ghana. In Central Africa, we find the largest range of such Uhuart. It ranges from the coast in the east to the east of the Congo. Partly populations also found in the Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana to the east and South Africa.
They inhabited forests along rivers and lakes, and swamps. It comes from estuaries at altitudes of 1,700 meters above sea level before.
Way of life
The total Pel 's Fishing is a crepuscular and nocturnal Uhuart. It is particularly ruffreudig on moonlit nights and can be heard especially at dawn. Only when food is scarce, they can also be observed during the day while hunting. They normally sit in treetops. Here, couples usually sit very close together.
The food range includes fish weighing up to two kilograms. Most fish that catches this Uhuart, however, weigh between 100 and 200 grams. For food portfolio also includes frogs, crayfish and mussels.
The breeding season falls in the dry season when the water is shallow and clear and they can see their prey better. Your area, it indicates by intensive calls. As a nesting site tree hollows are mostly used. She prefers trees that are located near water. The nest consists of one to two eggs. It broods alone the female, and this is supplied by the male with prey. The incubation period is about 32 days; the slip distance between the young birds is up to five days, suggesting that the female with the filing of the first ice begins with the brood. In general, only the older Nistgeschwister becomes large. Young birds fledge at about 68 to 70 days, but keep for another six to nine months in the area of parent birds on.