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]
| Wetar 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. tempestatis
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| Binomial name | |
| Otus tempestatis (Hartert, 1904)
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| Synonyms | |
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Otus magicus tempestatis | |
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Otus tempestatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45400982A95147409. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ Eaton, James A. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago : Greater Sundas and Wallacea. ISBN 978-84-16728-44-2. OCLC 1249090579.
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