Family: Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Authority: Sclater, 1877

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Vulnerable because remote-sensing data indicate that there has been a dramatic loss of lowland forest across its range and that it is therefore likely to have suffered a rapid population decline. Fortunately, the rate of forest loss has slowed since about 2002.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 64,200 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial