Moluccan masked owl

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Moluccan masked owl
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CITES Appendix II  [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. sororcula
Binomial name
Tyto sororcula
(Sclater, PL, 1883)

The Moluccan masked owl (Tyto sororcula), also known as the lesser masked owl, is a species of owl in the barn owl family. [2] It is endemic to the south Moluccas of Indonesia. Some taxonomists consider this species to be conspecific with the Australian masked owl.

Taxonomy

Described subspecies of Tyto sororcula include:

References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Lesser Masked-owl (Tyto sororcula)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.


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