- Golden Masked Owl
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Golden Masked Owl Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae Genus: Tyto Species: T. aurantia Binomial name Tyto aurantia
(Salvadori, 1881)The Golden Masked Owl (Tyto aurantia) is a barn owl endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is also known as New Britain Barn Owl, New Britain Masked Owl, Bismarck Owl and Bismarck Masked Owl.
As with other tropical barn owls, it is difficult to spot in the wild and therefore poorly studied. It is likely to be a lowland forest species.
Given the paucity of reliable information, it was for some time classified as a data deficient species by the IUCN.[1] When its status could finally be evaluated properly, earlier assessments were found to be correct, and it is once again listed as a Vulnerable species in the 2008 redlist.[2]
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References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Tyto aurantia. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 08 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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