| Bare-legged Owl | |
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| 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 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gymnasio lawrencii |
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The Bare-legged Owl or Cuban Screech Owl (Gymnoglaux lawrencii) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family that is endemic to Cuba. It belongs to the monotypic genus Gymnoglaux. Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It lives in the canopy of the forests where it does most of its foraging.