Sunda owlet

The Sunda owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus) is a small owl from Borneo and Sumatra.

Sunda owlet
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification
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]

• T. s. sylvaticus (Bonaparte, 1850) - montane Sumatra
• T. s. borneensis (Sharpe, 1893) - montane Borneo