Torotoroka Scops-owl

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Torotoroka Scops-owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species: O. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Otus madagascariensis
(Grandidier, 1867)

The Torotoroka Scops-owl (Otus madagascariensis) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its distribution and limits to the Malagasy Scops-owl O. rutilus, with which it was long considered conspecific, require further study.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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