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The forest owlet (Athene blewitti) is endemic to the forests of central India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2018, as the population is estimated at fewer than 1,000 mature individuals.
The Central Indian Forests have been defined by BirdLife International [1] as an Endemic Bird Area as it includes the range of the critically endangered forest owlet. It includes the southern region of Madhya Pradesh, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. This forest consists of dry deciduous trees.
The forest owlet was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Heteroglaux, and the Solomon Islands radiation was formerly placed in the genus Ninox with the other owls referred to as "boobooks" until taxonomic studies found them to group in Athene.
Forest Spotted Owlet [1] Passenger pigeon [1] 1916 Korean Crested Shelduck [1] 1918 Carolina Parakeet (subsp. carolinensis) [1] ... List of extinct bird species since ...
Melghat hosts the endangered forest owlet A tiger in Melghat. The main fauna in Melghat are Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, dhole, striped hyena, indian wolf, Indian jackal, sambar, gaur, barking deer, nilgai, chital, chausingha, honey badger, flying squirrel, wild boar, langur, rhesus monkey, indian porcupine, indian pangolin, mouse deer, python, smooth-coated otter and black-naped ...
The 235 extant or recently extinct species are assigned to 23 genera: [22] The forest owlet (Athene blewiti), one of the critically endangered owls found in the Central Indian Forest. Genus Uroglaux – Papuan hawk-owl; Genus Ninox – Australasian hawk-owls, 37 species of which one is recently extinct; Genus Margarobyas – bare-legged owl or ...
This endangered cetacean is not only the smallest porpoise species, but the most rare. Where there were once thousands of vaquitas swimming in the sea, today there may only be about 10 individuals ...
Forest Owlet: In February 1877, Valentine Ball had collected the specimen of Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) on the banks of River Udanti towards the southern boundary of Sunabeda sanctuary. This fact should have been a great motivator for the foresters and officers in the region to look out for this species which till recently was thought to be ...