Forest Owlet

Forest Owlet
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	Forest Owlet at Melghat Tiger Reserve
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Clade:	Afroaves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Subfamily:	Surniinae
Genus:	Athene
Species:	A. blewitti
Binomial name
	Athene blewitti; (Hume, 1873)
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	Current records in red and historic records in grey
Synonyms
	Heteroglaux

Forest Owlet, Athene blewitti is a species of Athene owl endemic to India. It was once classed in its own monotypic genus, Heteroglaux (Hume, 1873) but Heteroglaux is subsumed into Athene (Koparde et al, 2018).^[2]

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Since its rediscovery in 1997 this species has been found at a number of new locations, several of which appear to hold significant populations. The population estimate has therefore been revised upwards, leading to its reclassification from Critically Endangered to Endangered. Nevertheless, the total known population remains very small and fragmented and is inferred to be declining as a result of the loss and degradation of its deciduous forest habitat.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Heteroglaux blewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ Koparde, P., P Mehta, S. Reddy, U. Ramakrishnan, S. Mukherjee, and V.V. Robin (2018), The critically endangered forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: A century-old debate addressed PLoS ONE, 0192359.

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

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This article is part of Project Strigiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each owl, including made-up species.

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This article is part of Project Strigidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each true owl, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Monotypic Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each monotypic genera, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.

[IUCN-1] "Heteroglaux blewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

[Koparde-2] Koparde, P., P Mehta, S. Reddy, U. Ramakrishnan, S. Mukherjee, and V.V. Robin (2018), The critically endangered forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: A century-old debate addressed PLoS ONE, 0192359.

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