Family: Tytonidae (Barn-owls)

Authority: (Grandidier, 1878)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3bc; C1+2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Vulnerable as its population is presumed to be small and declining owing to the destruction and severe fragmentation of its rainforest habitat. Climate change may add to the loss of part of its ecological niche in the future.

Population size: 2500-9999

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 248,000 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome