Endangered
Very rare endemic to DR Congo's Albertine Rift.
Phodilus prigoginei had not been recorded since the type specimen was collected in 1951, in the Itombwe Mountains (DR Congo), until its rediscovery in 1996, when a female was mist-netted in the extreme south-east corner of Itombwe Forest:
E DR Congo: Itombwe Mountains (and probably adjacent Rwanda and Burundi)
Montane forest
Chestnut-brown owl (only female ever described): rusty-brown above with paler, orangey underparts. Compact and oval facial disc with dark eyes.
Resident
23-29 cm
This species is suspected to be in decline owing to the continuing destruction and degradation of its habitat. The likely rate of decline, however, has not been estimated.
