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Taxonomic note
Otus magicus and O. tempestatis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as O. magicus, and O. alfredi, O. siaoensis, O. enganensis, O. insularis and O. beccarii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were split from O. magicus following Widodo et al. (1999), Lambert and Rasmussen (1998), Andrew (1992) and Holt et al. (1999). Prior to that all these taxa were lumped in O. magicus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
Andrew, P. 1992. The Birds of Indonesia: A Checklist (Peters' Sequence). Indonesian Ornithological Society, Jakarta.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii);C1+2a(ii)
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(iii);C1+2a(ii)
2008	Near Threatened	B1a+b(iii); C1; C2a(ii)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	540 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	540 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2500-9999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2008
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.76 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is reportedly common in forest, edge and plantations within its range (Eaton et al. 2021, M. Iqbal in litt. 2023). However, with a range of not more than 540 km², the population is very unlikely to exceed 10,000 mature individuals (which would require a density of 9-10 pairs/km²), and the population here is suspected to number 2,500-10,000 mature individuals, although this estimate is made speculatively and considered poor data quality.

Trend justification: Habitat loss is considered the only plausible threat to this species with no evidence the species is hunted (M. Iqbal in litt. 2023). However, remote sensing data indicate negligible (<1%) forest cover loss in its range over the last 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2023, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). Moreover, the species is reportedly tolerant of habitat degradation and occurs even in plantations (Eaton et al. 2021), such that forest loss and disturbance cannot be assumed to directly impact population size. Its population is therefore suspected to be stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Indonesia	Pulau Enggano

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 280 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 3
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 3
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Enggano Scops-owl Otus enganensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/enggano-scops-owl-otus-enganensis on 27/12/2024.
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 27/12/2024.