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Phodilus assimilis (Sri Lanka Bay Owl)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis) is a species of bay owl in the Tytonidae family. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and Western Ghats in Kerala, South Western India. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Infraspecies

Phodilus assimilis assimilis
Phodilus assimilis ripleyi

Attributes

Raptor Research Conservation Priority [1]  43

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0