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Red Owl

Tyto soumagnei(Grandidier, A, 1878)

English (US) Red Owl

The Red Owl (Tyto soumagnei) 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: very locally northern and eastern Madagascar; most recent records from far northRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Tyto soumagnei
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Red Owl
Described by
(Grandidier, A, 1878)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Heliodilus Soumagnei
Described by
(Grandidier, A, 1878)
Type locality
Madagascar.
Original description
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 85 p.1282,note 2

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 17 species of the family Tytonidae