Phodilus prigoginei Schouteden, 1952
African bay owl, Congo bay-owl, Congo bay owl, Congo bay-owl, Itombwe owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tyto prigoginei (Schouteden, 1952)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1951
Rediscovered in 1 May 1996 (Butynski et al., 1997)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schouteden, Henri. (1952). Un strigide nouveau d'Afrique noire: Phodilus prigoginei nov. sp. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 46: 423-428. (in French)
Other references:
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