Giant Scops-owl

Giant Scops-owl

Taxobox
name = Giant Scops-owlaa


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Mimizuku"
genus_authority =
species = "M. gurneyi"
binomial = "Mimizuku gurneyi"
binomial_authority = (Tweeddale, 1879)
synonyms = "Otus gurneyi"

The Giant Scops-owl, Lesser Eagle-owl, or Mindanao Eagle-owl, "Mimizuku gurneyi", is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is the only species in genus "Mimizuku".

It is endemic to the Philippines. In size and structure, it is considered intermediate between a scops owl and an eagle owl.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/13557/all Mimizuku gurneyi] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2213&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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