Mindoro Scops-Owl - Otus mindorensis
( Whitehead, 1899 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: 15750-44000

CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It occurs in closed-canopy montane forest above 900 m (Allen 2020). It has been recorded recently in patches of highly fragmented secondary forest within this elevation band.


Range:
Otus mindorensis is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines.


Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
CITES Appendix II. It occurs in Mt Iglit-Baco National Park.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Compare population densities in fragmented and secondary forest with primary forest and determine the likely remaining population size. Continue to monitor rates of forest loss using remote sensing data. Protect remaining tracts of forest on Mindoro for the benefit of this and a number of other threatened species.


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