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Golden Masked-owl

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Tytonidae
Genus:	Tyto
Species:	T. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Owls are an order of birds of prey. Most are Solitary, and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls the other being the Typical owls Strigidae The Genus Tyto includes all Barn-owls ( family Tytonidae except for the Bay-owls (subfamily Phodilinae genus Phodilus aurantia

Binomial name

Tyto aurantia
(Salvadori, 1881)

The Golden Masked-owl (Tyto aurantia) is a barn-owl endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Tommaso Adlard Salvadori ( September 30, 1835 &ndash October 9, 1923) was an Italian Zoologist and Ornithologist Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls the other being the Typical owls Strigidae Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere This article discusses the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (or ˈpæpjuːə in Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania It is also known as New Britain Barn-owl, New Britain Masked-owl, Bismarck Owl and Bismarck Masked-owl.

As with other tropical barn-owls, it is difficult to spot in the wild and therefore poorly studied. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 It is likely to be a lowland forest species.

Given the paucity of reliable information, it was for some time classified as a data deficient species by the IUCN^[1]. Data Deficient ( DD) is a category applied by the IUCN to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of Conservation status When its status could finally be evaluated properly, earlier assessments were found to be correct, and it is once again listed as a Vulnerable species in the 2008 redlist^[2]. A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve

Footnotes

^ BLI (2004)
^ BLI (2008)

References

BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation Tyto aurantia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 08 July 2007.
BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.

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