Bubo poensis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Fraser's eagle-owl (Ketupa poensis) is a species of African owl in the family Strigidae. It is named after the British zoologist Louis Fraser. Fraser's eagle-owl was formally described in 1854 by British zoologist and collector Louis Fraser based on a specimen collected on the island of Bioko (formerly Fernando Po) off the coast of West Africa. Fraser placed the owl in the genus Bubo and coined the binomial name Bubo poensis. The specific name poensis is from the locality Fernando Po. Fraser's eagle-owl is now one of twelve species placed in the genus Ketupa that was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson.
Two subspecies are recognised: The subspecies K. p. vosseleri has sometimes been treated as a separate species, the Usambara eagle-owl. Fraser's eagle-owl is a relatively small species of eagle-owl that has rather "fluffy" ear-tufts and a facial disc with a distinct dark rim. The upperparts are rufous and buffy brown, barred with darker bars, the pale scapulars have dark-edged outer webs which...
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fraser's Eagle-Owl sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fraser's Eagle-Owl in Kakum National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fraser's Eagle-Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Kakum National Park, in our data
Kakum National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fraser's Eagle-Owl sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fraser's Eagle-Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (45 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
