According to Bird Life International, Shelley's Eagle Owl is listed as vulnerable with its decline in part due to the clearance of its habitat by humans. It's thought there are less than 10,000 ...

The Shelley's eagle owl was spotted in the Atewa forest in Ghana for the first time since 1872. The only other known photograph of the bird of prey was blurry and taken at a zoo in 1975.

Shelley’s Eagle Owl was spotted on 16 October in what has been hailed as a “sensational discovery” by ecologists. With only a few thousand thought to be in existence, the species is ...

A species of giant owl has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 150 years. The Shelley's eagle-owl was seen in Ghana by Dr Joseph Tobias and Dr Robert Williams.

Shelley's eagle owl, folks. (Photo: Dr Robert Williams) Not a lot is known about Shelley’s eagle owls, which at around 2 feet in length , are the largest owls in the rainforests of the African ...

The Shelley’s Eagle-Owl, ‘Bubo Shelleyi’ was discovered in 1872 from a specimen obtained from a local hunter in Ghana by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, ...

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A species of giant owl has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 150 years. The Shelley's eagle-owl was seen in Ghana by Dr Joseph Tobias and Dr Robert Williams.

An elusive owl has been definitively photographed in the wild for the first time in a rainforest of Ghana. British ecologist Dr. Robert Williams snapped the monumental photo of Shelley’s eagle ...

A giant owl that has gone almost unseen in African rainforests for 150 years has been photographed in the wild for the first time by British scientists working in Ghana. Shelley’s Eagle Owl was ...

WHOOOOOO is that beautiful bird? An elusive owl has been definitively photographed in the wild for the first time in a rainforest of Ghana. British ecologist Dr. Robert Williams snapped the monumental ...

A giant owl that has gone almost unseen in African rainforests for 150 years has been photographed in the wild for the first time by British scientists working in Ghana. Shelley’s Eagle Owl was ...