Banggai scops owl | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]