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Species of owl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sunda owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus) is a small owl from Borneo and Sumatra.
Sunda owlet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Taenioptynx |
Species: | T. sylvaticus |
Binomial name | |
Taenioptynx sylvaticus (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
Synonyms | |
Taenioptynx sylvaticum |
This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei). It was promoted to a separate species based largely on the basis of a difference in vocalisation.[2][3]
There are two subspecies:[4]
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