Guadalcanal owl

Guadalcanal owl
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Athene
Species:	A. granti
Binomial name
Athene granti (Sharpe, 1888)
Synonyms
Ninox granti

The Guadalcanal owl (Athene granti), also known as the Guadalcanal boobook is a small to medium-sized owl. It is endemic to Guadalcanal. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Solomons boobook. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Ninox malaitae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T45449328A118438317. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T45449328A118438317.en . Retrieved 23 February 2023.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-18.