Banggai scops owl

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Banggai scops owl
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species:
O. mendeni
Binomial name
Otus mendeni
Neumann, 1939

The Banggai scops owl (Otus mendeni) is an owl found on Banggai Island in Indonesia.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Sulawesi scops owl (Otus manadensis), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Otus mendeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T62290488A110041533. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T62290488A110041533.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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