Seychelles scops owl

Seychelles scops owl
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species:
O. insularis
Binomial name
Otus insularis
(Tristram, 1880)

The Seychelles scops owl or Seychelles owl (Otus insularis), also known as bare-legged scops owl or syer (in Creole) is a rare scops owl species, which only occurs in the Morne Seychellois National Park on the Seychelles island of Mahé.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Otus insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22688667A177971497. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.