Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Strigiformes > Strigidae > Scotopelia > Scotopelia bouvieriScotopelia bouvieri (Vermiculated Fishing Owl)The vermiculated fishing owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found within riverine forest in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria. This species was first described by the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1875 and named in honour of the French naturalist Eugène Louis Bouvier. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.21852 EDGE Score: 1.97665 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 1.404 lbs (637 g) | | Female Weight [1] | 1.404 lbs (637 g) |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore | | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Endothermic [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Fish [2] | 40 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Water Surface [2] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 1 | | Incubation [3] | 32 days | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 25 years | | Nocturnal [2] | Yes | | Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5] | 43 | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 19 inches (49 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests |
Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Congolian lowland forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northwestern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bakossi mountains |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Boumba: Bek |
Cameroon |
A3 |
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Campo Ma'an complex |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Conkouati National Park |
Congo |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Dimonika Biosphere Reserve |
Congo |
A1, A3 |
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Dja Faunal Reserve |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dzanga-Ndoki National Park |
Central African Republic |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gamba Protected Areas Complex |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Korup National Park |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Te'le' Community Reserve |
Congo |
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Léfini Faunal Reserve |
Congo |
A1, A3 |
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Lobéké National Park |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lomako: Yekokora |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lopé Faunal Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lower Kouilou basin |
Congo |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Luki Forest Reserve |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Minkébé Forest Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ngiri |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Ngotto |
Central African Republic |
A3 |
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Nki |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex |
Congo |
A3 |
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Odzala National Park complex |
Congo |
A3 |
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Ogooué Leketi National Park |
Congo |
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Pandam Wildlife Park |
Nigeria |
A3 |
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Salonga National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Sunvit Farm |
Nigeria |
A3 |
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Yabassi |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Kemp, AC. 1989. Estimation of Biological Indices for Little-known African Owls Meyburg, B.-U & R. D. Chancellor eds. 1989 Raptors in the Modern World WWGBP: Berlin, London & Paris ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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