Bare-legged Owl

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Bare-legged Owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Gymnoglaux
Cabanis, 1855
Species: G. lawrencii
Binomial name
Gymnoglaux lawrencii
P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868
Synonyms

Gymnasio lawrencii
Otus lawrencii

The Bare-legged Owl or Cuban Screech-owl (Gymnoglaux lawrencii) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is the only species in genus Gymnoglaux.

It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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