Fishing owl

{{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{confused|fish owl}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pel's fishing owl, Scotopelia pel.jpg | image_caption = Pel's fishing owl | taxon = Scotopelia | authority = Bonaparte, 1850 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}

'''Fishing owls''' form the genus, '''''Scotopelia''''', of sub-Saharan African birds in the family Strigidae, the true owls. The genus is closely related to the genus ''Ketupa'', and may be embedded within it.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Salter | first1=J.F. | last2=Oliveros | first2=C.H. | last3=Hosner | first3=P.A. | last4=Manthey | first4=J.D. | last5=Robbins | first5=M.B. | last6=Moyle | first6=R.G. | last7=Brumfield | first7=R.T. | last8=Faircloth | first8=B.C. | date=2020 | title=Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae) | journal=The Auk | volume=137 | issue=ukz070 | article-number=ukz070 | doi=10.1093/auk/ukz070| hdl=2346/93048 | hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Wink | first1=Michael | last2=Sauer-Gürth | first2=Heidi | date=2021 | title=Molecular taxonomy and systematics of owls (Strigiformes) - An update | journal=Airo | volume=29 | pages=487–500 | url=https://www.airo-spea.com/_files/ugd/8fea7e_6357cc4f0f3c481caf86b62c97cac1e0.pdf }}</ref>

The genus contains three species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2023 | title=Owls | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/owls/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=31 January 2022 }}</ref> {{Species table |genus=Scotopelia |authority-name=Bonaparte |authority-year= 1850|species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row |name=Vermiculated fishing owl |binomial=Scotopelia bouvieri |image=File:Scotopelia bouveri - Keulemans (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Sharpe |authority-year=1875 |authority-not-original= |range= Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }}

{{Species table/row |name=Pel's fishing owl |binomial=Scotopelia peli |image=File:Pel's fishing owl, Scotopelia pel, at uMkhuze Game Reserve, kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (15196441140).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Bonaparte |authority-year=1850 |authority-not-original= |range= Nigeria, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zaire, South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania and southwards to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and eastern South Africa. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }}

{{Species table/row |name= Rufous fishing owl|binomial=Scotopelia ussheri |image=File:ScotopeliaUssheriKeulemans.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Sharpe |authority-year=1871 |authority-not-original= |range= Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Strigidae Category:Scotopelia Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot