Palau Owl

Palau Owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Pyrroglaux
Yamashina, 1938
Species: P. podarginus
Binomial name
Pyrroglaux podarginus
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
Synonyms

Otus podarginus

The Palau Owl (Pyrroglaux podarginus) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. Formerly united with the scops owls in Otus, it is now placed in its own genus Pyrroglaux.

It is endemic to Palau.

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