Long-whiskered owlet
| Long-whiskered owlet | |
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| Vocalization heard in Amazonas, Peru | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Xenoglaux O'Neill & Graves, GR, 1977 |
| Species: | X. loweryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenoglaux loweryi O'Neill & Graves, 1977
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The long-whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) is a vulnerable species of owl in subfamily Surniinae of the "typical owls", family Strigidae. It is endemic to a small area in Amazonas and San Martín departments of northern Peru.