Golden Masked Owl
Tyto aurantia(Salvadori, AT, 1881)
English (US) Golden Masked Owl
The Golden Masked Owl (Tyto aurantia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tytonidae (Bay Owls and Barn Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tyto aurantia
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Golden Masked Owl
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix aurantia
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1881)
- Type locality
- New Britain.
- Original description
- Atti della R[eale] Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 16 p.619
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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