Wetar scops owl

Wetar scops owl
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Otus
Species:	O. tempestatis
Binomial name
Otus tempestatis (Hartert, 1904)
Synonyms
Otus magicus tempestatis

The Wetar scops owl (Otus tempestatis) is an owl endemic to Wetar of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Moluccan scops owl (O. magicus), but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and the International Ornithological Congress followed suit in 2022. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Otus tempestatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T45400982A95147409. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. Eaton, James A. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea. ISBN   978-84-16728-44-2. OCLC   1249090579.