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Long-whiskered Owlet

Xenoglaux loweryi

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The long-whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) is a vulnerable species of owl in subfamily Surniinae of the "typical owls", family Strigidae. It is endemic to a small area in Amazonas and San Martín departments of northern Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The long-whiskered owlet was described in a 1977 paper from three specimens collected in August 1976.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 406