Camiguin hawk-owl

Camiguin hawk-owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ninox
Species: N. leventisi
Binomial name
Ninox leventisi
Rasmussen et al., 2012

The Camiguin hawk-owl (Ninox leventisi) is an owl species of the Philippines island Camiguin. It was previously known as a subspecies of the Philippine hawk-owl, but only reclassified in mid-2012, as voice and other evidence suggested it a distinct species.[1]

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