The Wetar scops owl (Otus tempestatis) is an owl endemic to Wetar of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Moluccan scops owl (O. magicus), but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and the International Ornithological Congress followed suit in 2022.[2][3]

Wetar scops owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species:
O. tempestatis
Binomial name
Otus tempestatis
(Hartert, 1904)
Synonyms

Otus magicus tempestatis

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Otus tempestatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45400982A95147409. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ Eaton, James A. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago : Greater Sundas and Wallacea. ISBN 978-84-16728-44-2. OCLC 1249090579.