Sunda owlet
| Sunda owlet | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Taenioptynx |
| Species: | T. sylvaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Taenioptynx sylvaticus (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taenioptynx sylvaticum | |
The Sunda owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus) is a small owl from Borneo and Sumatra.
This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei). It was promoted to a separate species based largely on the basis of a difference in vocalisation.
There are two subspecies: