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Asio abyssinicus (Abyssinian Owl; African Long-eared Owl)

Synonyms: Otus abyssinicus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Abyssinian owl or African long-eared owl (Asio abyssinicus) is a medium-sized true owl.
View Wikipedia Record: Asio abyssinicus

Infraspecies

Asio abyssinicus abyssinicus
Asio abyssinicus graueri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.88531
EDGE Score: 2.1844
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [1]  90 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  10 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [2]  54

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Kenya Biosphere Reserve II 146694 Kenya

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No

Prey / Diet

Crocidura fumosa (Smoky White-toothed Shrew)[3]
Otomys typus (typical vlei rat)[3]
Stenocephalemys albocaudata (Ethiopian narrow-headed rat)[3]
Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (big-headed mole rat)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Canis simensis (Ethiopian Wolf)2

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2Buechley 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
♦ 3Yalden, D. W. (1973). Prey of the Abyssinian Long-eated Owl (Asio abyssinicus). Ibis, 115(4), 605-606.
♦ 4Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, D. W. Yalden, Mammalian Species No. 237, pp. 1-3 (1985)
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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