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Wallace's scops owl

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Wallace's scops owl (Otus silvicola) lives on Sumbawa and Flores islands, in the Lesser Sundas chain of Indonesia. It is not rare in most of its habitat and has no subspecies except for the nominate. It is also known as the Lesser Sunda scops owl.

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.[3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Otus silvicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688734A93207390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688734A93207390.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 357–358.
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Wallace's scops owl: Brief Summary

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Wallace's scops owl (Otus silvicola) lives on Sumbawa and Flores islands, in the Lesser Sundas chain of Indonesia. It is not rare in most of its habitat and has no subspecies except for the nominate. It is also known as the Lesser Sunda scops owl.

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.

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