Axel - African Spotted Eagle Owl
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  SPECIES FACTFILE:
Name: African Spotted eagle owl (Bubo Africanus)
Length: 45cm (173/4 in)
Wingspan: 29 - 37cm (111/2 - 141/2 in)
Weight: 487 - 850g (1lb 11/5 -1lb 14oz)
Diet: Insects,small mammels and birds,supplemented by reptiles,scorpions,crabs,snails,frogs and anything else it can find.

Range:

Parts of Arabia and soth of Sahara.

Habitat Rocky hills in desert regions to woodlands.

Axel came to us in Oct 07 when we did an exchange with a falconer friend (Gary) for Hudson the Snowy Owl.Axel has done displays for all his life so its just getting use to us, only time will tell.