Shelley's Eagle-owl

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Shelley's Eagle-owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
Species: B. shelleyi
Binomial name
Bubo shelleyi
(Sharpe & Ussher, 1872)

The Shelley's Eagle-owl (Bubo shelleyi) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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