kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Strigiformes >
family: Strigidae >
subfamily: Striginae >
genus: Otus Pennant, 1769 >
species: Otus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) >
Africa