Family: Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Authority: (Gray, 1844)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was found in New Zealand, but it is now Extinct, probably as a result of predation and habitat conversion. The last confirmed record was of the nominate subspecies in 1914, though photographic evidence suggests it existed until at least the 1920s.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial