The spotted eagle-owl Bubo aficanus is medium to large owl with prominent ear tufts found in the savannah, rocky outcrops, scrub, open and semi-open woodland, semi-deserts in sub-equatorial Africa from Kenya and Uganda south to Cape Town, South Africa. The upper-parts are dusky brown with pale spots, the under-parts are whitish and finely barred. The facial disk is whitish to pale ochre. Its diet includes invertebrates, small mammals, birds and reptiles