| Forest Owlet | |
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| File:Forest Owlet.png | |
| Forest Owlet at Melghat Tiger Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
| File:Heteroglaux blewitti map.png | |
| Current records in red and historic records in grey | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
References[]
- ^ 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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