Torotoroka Scops Owl

Torotoroka Scops Owl
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Otus
Species:	O. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Otus madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1867)

The Torotoroka Scops Owl (Otus madagascariensis) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found throughout most of western Madagascar, but the exact distribution limits between it and the Rainforest Scops Owl (O. rutilus), with which it was long considered conspecific, require further study.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

• BirdLife International 2006. Otus madagascariensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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