Flickr - Rainbirder - Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae) (1)
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Description: Mainland Africa's smallest and rarest owl. This tiny wee owl is restricted to a few islands of woodland in the Usambara hills of Tanzania and in the Dakatcha forest and Arabuko-Sokoke forests of coastal Kenya. This image is of a hunting bird located by the tremendous skills of David Ngala in pitch darkness. Focus was achieved with a small hand-torch and the image was taken with flash (diffused through a handkerchief to prevent startling the bird). Date: 1 August 2007, 21:55. Source: Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae). Author: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Camera location3° 16′ 28.98″ S, 39° 59′ 14.34″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap -3.274716; 39.987316.
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- Metazoa (animals)
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- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
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- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (archosaur)
- Dinosauria (dinosaurs and birds)
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- Theropoda (theropods)
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- Maniraptoriformes
- Maniraptora (maniraptoran)
- Aves (birds)
- Ornithurae
- Neornithes
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- landbirds
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae (typical owls)
- Otus
- Otus ireneae (Morden's Scops-owl)
- Paraves
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