Verreaux'x Eagle Owl
Glaucidium perlatum
Acacia woodlands near Lake Elementaita, Kenya. 18 March 2016.
From Wikipedia: In appearance, they are distinguished by a whitish oval disk face with a black border and their pink eyelids. Their eyes are orange in color and they have two fluffy ear-tufts. Overall, they are a fairly uniform brownish-gray, with light vermiculations above and white spots on the shoulder. They are paler on the underside.
Strigidae -- Owl Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe