Ptilopsis

Ptilopsis
Northern white-faced owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus:
Kaup, 1848
Type species
Strix leucotis[1]
Temminck, 1820
Species

P. leucotis
P. granti

Ptilopsis is a genus of typical owls, or true owls, in the family Strigidae, that inhabits Africa. Its members are:[2]

Genus Ptilopsis – Kaup, 1848 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Northern white-faced owl

Ptilopsis leucotis
(Temminck, 1820) 		Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Southern white-faced owl

Ptilopsis granti
(Kollibay, 1910) 		southern half of Africa Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. ^ "Strigidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Ptilopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  • Barlow, Wacher and Disley, Birds of The Gambia ISBN 1-873403-32-1
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