Definition of African wood owl

The African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii is a medium owl with dark eyes and no ear tufts. It is 30-36 cm long and wieghs from 240-350 grams. It lives in Africa from Senegabia to Sudan and also has habitat in Angola, Kenya, Zaire, and South Africa. It lives mainly in forest and woodland though it sometimes inhabits plantations. It eats mostly insects but will also eat reptile, small mammals, and other birds. It breeds from July to October and lays 1 to 3 eggs in a hollow in a tree. It will then incubate the eggs for about 31 days, then, 5 weeks after the eggs hatch the young will leave the nest and can fly 2 weeks later. The young will remain with the parents for about four months and will sometimes stay till the next breeding season. It's call is a loud series of fast hoots. It is threatened and common in almost all of it's range.