Northern white-faced owl
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Ptilopsis leucotis

The northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis ) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The southern white-faced owl (P. granti ) was formerly included in this species and the two were known as the white-faced scops-owl.

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It is found in a band across Africa between the Sahara and the Equator. It occurs in 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.

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References

1. Northern white-faced owl Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_white-faced_owl
2. Northern white-faced owl on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61781834/95179876
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/670250

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