African grass owl

How you have it listed is correct, it's a grass owl.

So any other input? Grass Owl or Barn Owl?

I would have called it a barn owl.

Any other ideas, Kibuyu?

How cute is that! Habitat seems odd for a grass owl though - I thought they were very outdoorsy birds of highland grasslands.

Yes, blessed Ava. Definitely blessed!

thanks Wild Things for the ID confirmation...

littlechippy. Definitely looks like a masked owl, but do them have them in Uganda? I can only find reference to them in Australia.

thanks Ali, do you think it could be this one? They seem to have only 2 species of barn owls in Uganda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_gra...

thanks littlechippy, I'll look into that.

Barn owl?

Aren't you blessed with good fortune! What a lovely house-guest!

Perhaps a masked owl? There a couple different species of masked owls, so you may want to look those up.