Torotoroka Scops-owl

Taxobox
name = Torotoroka Scops-owl

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Otus"
species = "O. madagascariensis"
binomial = "Otus madagascariensis"
binomial_authority = (Grandidier, 1867)
synonyms = 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 Malagasy Scops-owl ("O. rutilus"), with which it was long considered conspecific, require further study.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

ource

* BirdLife International 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61981/all Otus madagascariensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.