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Reddish Scops-owl Otus rufescens



Family: Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Authority: (Horsfield, 1821)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This forest-dependent species is listed as Near Threatened because it is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid decline (15-25% over ten years) owing to the extensive loss of lowland forests from large areas of the Sundaic lowlands.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,030,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Reddish Scops-owl Otus rufescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/reddish-scops-owl-otus-rufescens on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.