Banggai scops owl
| Banggai scops owl | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Otus |
| Species: | O. mendeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Otus mendeni Neumann, 1939
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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