Andaman masked owl

Andaman masked owl
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. deroepstorffi
Binomial name
Tyto deroepstorffi
(Hume, 1875)

The Andaman masked owl (Tyto deroepstorffi) is a barn owl endemic to the southern Andaman Islands archipelago of India, in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean.[2] Regarded by some authors as a subspecies of the common barn owl (Tyto alba), it is recognized by others as a species in its own right.[3]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Bruce, M.D., Christie, D.A., Kirwan, G.M. & Marks, J.S. (2017). Common Barn-owl (Tyto alba). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/54929 on 6 September 2017).
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