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Marsh Owl

species of bird
Taxon Taxon Q535374

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
A. capensis[6]
CITES Appendix
Appendix II of CITES[22]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[2]
Litter size
+2.4[23]
Original combination
Otus capensis[5]
Parent taxon
Asio[3]
Taxon common name
tylluan y gors, Marsh Owl, Kapohreule, Búho moro, mussol gregari, kalous africký, aafrika sooräts, Gressugle, Африканская ушастая сова, アフリカコミミズク, Kapugle, afrikansuopöllö, mocsári fülesbagoly, uszatka mauretańska, myšiarka jednofarebná, kapuggla, Vlei-uil, Afrikaanse Velduil, Hibou du Cap, Gufo di palude africano, coruja-moura, afriška uharica, Hibou des marais africain, Kap-ugle, pelkinė pelėda, Serkugla, Kāpzemes pūce, сова африканська, Káhpaloađgu, Ulchabhán seabhaic, Toud ar C'hap, afrička sova močvarica, coruja-dos-pântanos, Vorondolo[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Asio capensis[4]
Taxon range
Africa[24]
Taxon rank
species[1]
Wingspan
+90.5[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Asio capensis en Marsh Owl ar بومة المستنقعات cs kalous africký da Kapugle de Asio capensis de Kapohreule de Kap-Ohreule es Búho moro fa جغد دماغه fi afrikansuopöllö fr Asio capensis fr Hibou des marais africain fr Hibou du Cap he ינשוף ביצה hu Asio capensis hu mocsári fülesbagoly it Gufo di palude africano ja アフリカコミミズク nl Afrikaanse velduil
🔖 Identifiers · 33
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Asio capensis (Buho moro - Marsh Owl), Merga Zerga, Marruecos.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Asio_capensis
ARKive ID (archived)
asio-capensis, marsh-owl/asio-capensis
Avibase taxon ID
83E21A8422006EB7
BirdLife taxon ID
22689535
CITES Species+ ID
3248
CMS ID
asio-capensis
CalPhotos taxon ID
Asio+capensis
Catalogue of Life ID
6866F
EBiodiversity ID
37475
EBird taxon ID
marowl2
EUNIS ID for species
101002
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EURING number
7690
Fauna Europaea ID
97053
Fauna Europaea New ID
6bdf78bf-dbea-4736-b70c-76d0b7463486
Freebase ID
/m/03zgr_
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2497288
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
gressugle
INaturalist taxon ID
20327
IRMNG ID
10219041
ITIS TSN
555500
IUCN taxon ID
22689535
NBIC scientific name ID
176787
NCBI taxonomy ID
507937
Observation.org taxon ID
72269
Oiseaux.net ID
hibou.du.cap
Open Tree of Life ID
951079
Topic's main category
Category:Asio capensis
UMLS CUI
C2630394
WoRMS-ID for taxa
212686
Xeno-canto species ID
Asio-capensis
Yale LUX ID
concept/c8badb0d-1d6e-402f-95a3-8f0512fe7cfd
ZOBODAT taxon ID
38415

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Asio
Taxon range 1
Africa
Taxon rank 1
species
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → 2.4
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → Africa
    Parent taxon → Asio
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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