Andaman masked owl
| Andaman masked owl | |
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Tytonidae |
| Genus: | Tyto |
| Species: | T. deroepstorffi |
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Tyto deroepstorffi Hume, 1875 |
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The Andaman masked owl (Tyto deroepstorffi) is a barn owl endemic to the southern Andaman Islands.
It is almost uniformly dark reddish brown above. Reddish buff below, with some speckling. The face is reddish buff. Some authors consider it a subspecies of the barn owl (Tyto alba).
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