African Wood Owl
African Tawny Owl (Strix woodfordii )
Called The Africa Tawny Owl (Strix woodfordii ), also Woodford Woodford - owl or screech owl, is a species in the family of authentics owls ( Strigidae ). It occurs only in the southern half of Africa.
Features
With a height of about 30 to 35 centimeters of African Tawny Owl is missing a medium sized ears Article spring within its genus. The root of the plumage is a warm brown. On the top of this body is speckled white. On underside of the body he has gray and reddish- brown transverse stripes on a whitish to brownish plumage. The eyebrows are white. The eyes are dark brown. The beak and featherless toes are yellowish.
Area of distribution and habitat
The distribution area of the Africa tawny owl is the African continent south of the Sahel. It ranges from Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe. He also colonized Mozambique and the Cape Province of South Africa. He is a sedentary bird, which occurs primarily at the edge of primary forest, dense forest areas, forest areas along rivers and on plantations. Its altitudinal distribution ranges from the lowlands to altitudes of 3,700 meters above sea level.
Way of life
The Africa tawny owl is a nocturnal and crepuscular Art He meets individually or in pairs in the dense foliage usually high in trees. Characteristic of him are extensive stretching movements before he leaves his resting place in the twilight, to go hunting. Its diet consists mostly of insects. But he also eats frogs, reptiles, small mammals and small birds.
The Africa tawny owl is a year-round territorial Art At the beginning of the breeding season is particularly common to hear his song. It nests mainly in tree hollows. The nest is usually from one to two eggs, which are laid with a planting distance of two to four days. It broods alone the female that receives the breeding business with the filing of the first ice. It is supplied with food during the breeding season by the male. The incubation period is 31 days. The chicks hatch with a distance corresponding to the planting distance. They are brooded by the female until they are about three weeks old. With 23 to 37 days the young birds leave the nest cavity, but are not yet capable of flight at this time. Your ability to fly they usually reach an age of 46 days.