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The Madagascar owl (Asio madagascariensis), also known as the Madagascan owl or Madagascar long-eared owl, [1] is a medium-sized owl endemic to the island of Madagascar. [3] It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the long-eared owl (Asio otus). [4]
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The ear tufts are usually dusky in front and paler tawny on the back. Long-eared owl possess a blackish bill color while its eyes may vary from yellowish-orange to orange-red, tarsi and toes feathered. [4] [8] [36] The long-eared owl is a medium-sized owl, which measures between 31 and 40 cm (12 and 16 in) in total length.
The genus Asio was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the long-eared owl (Asio otus) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from asiō, the Latin name used by Pliny the Younger for a type of horned owl, [3] the feather tufts on the head of these owls give the appearance of "ears" which is a defining characteristic.
Long-eared owl: Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) 172 Abyssinian owl: Asio abyssinicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) 173 Madagascar owl: Asio madagascariensis (Smith, A, 1834) 174
This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Madagascar.As of June 2014 (following the IUCN reassessment of the lemurs) there are 241 extant mammal species recognized in Madagascar, of which 22 are critically endangered, 62 are endangered, 32 are vulnerable, 9 are near threatened, 72 are of least concern and 44 are either data deficient or not evaluated.
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards. Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (*) Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola
The red owl (Tyto soumagnei) is an owl in the barn owl family Tytonidae. It is also known as the Madagascar red owl, Madagascar grass-owl, Soumagne's owl or lesser grass-owl.It is a rare resident of Madagascar that was virtually unknown from its discovery in 1876 to its rediscovery by researchers from the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1993.