INVITATION to post about owl conservation This post follows from my post yesterday about what we can do for owls: https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=341628929358162&set=gm.757824670976637&type=1&theater We are all enjoying the many wonderful photos and illustrations; however, if I may steal from the 3-part mission of the organization that I work for (Bird Studies Canada), I hope this group can strive to “UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE and CONSERVE” owls. We can do this by increasing the amount of information we share in our posts and in our comments—not just on natural history but also on conservation as it pertains to owls. I have a little idea to bring conservation to the fore in 2015: I am posting here a list of 65 owl species that have an IUCN red-list designation. We are recruiting volunteers to do a little private research and then share a post on any one of these species (you dont need to include photos but if you do include material that isnt yours; all we ask is that you source it and give credit to the intellectual property of others) or on conservation topic that pertains to owls. You could try any of the following: i. A link to an owl-related conservation project ii. A link to a summary or results page of an owl monitoring project iii. Information from Birdlife International or other NGO about threats to owls or their habitat iv. Information posts on known dangers to owls such as anticoagulant rodenticides, domestic cats, vehicle collisions, etc. (either specific to your part of the world or more general) v. A thought-provoking post about a controversial topic such as the famous save an owl to shoot an owl proposal from the U.S.A. vi. An essay (or photo essay) about the conservation of any owl species or broader conservation theme that impact owls You may wish to publish these on a blog or personal web site then post a link in this group (always with an appropriate title) or post them directly here. We’d like to keep the focus on conservation (populations, species, ecosystems) rather than rehabilitation (individual animals). To start the ball rolling, I will lead with an example of an extinct species (that I have no photos of obviously). My essay on the Laughing Owl will follow soon in a separate post. You can use this as an example but there is no template nor prescribed format. Be creative, be informative... I hope that many members will take on the challenge of writing a conservation piece for the group. Thank you! The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of threatened and near-threatened owl species is below. Note that some owl species will be listed as a threatened species within a country, even if not listed internationally, such as the Burrowing Owls shown here from Manitoba, Canada, where they are listed as Endangered both provincially and federally. Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) Extinct (EX) Mauritius Owl (Mascarenotus sauzieri) Extinct (EX) Reunion Owl (Mascarenotus grucheti) Extinct (EX) Rodrigues Owl (Mascarenotus murivorus) Extinct (EX) Anjouan Scops-owl (Otus capnodes) Critical (CR) Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) Critical (CR) Grand Comoro Scops-owl (Otus pauliani) Critical (CR) Moheli Scops-owl (Otus moheliensis) Critical (CR) Pernambuco Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium mooreorum) Critical (CR) Siau Scops-owl (Otus siaoensis) Critical (CR) Biak Scops-owl (Otus beccarii) Endangered (EN) Blakistons Fish-owl (Ketupa blakistoni) Endangered (EN) Flores Scops-owl (Otus alfredi) Endangered (EN) Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) Endangered (EN) Serendib Scops-owl (Otus thilohoffmanni) Endangered (EN) Seychelles Scops-owl (Otus insularis) Endangered (EN) Sokoke Scops-owl (Otus ireneae) Endangered (EN) Congo Bay-owl (Phodilus prigoginei) Endangered (EN) Taliabu Masked-owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea) Endangered (EN) Albertine Owlet (Glaucidium albertinum) Vulnerable (VU) Bearded Screech-owl (Megascops barbarus) Vulnerable (VU) Christmas Island Hawk-owl (Ninox natalis) Vulnerable (VU) Cinnabar Hawk-owl (Ninox ios) Vulnerable (VU) Cloud-forest Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nubicola) Vulnerable (VU) Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis) Vulnerable (VU) Giant Scops-owl (Otus gurneyi) Vulnerable (VU) Javan Scops-owl (Otus angelinae) Vulnerable (VU) Pemba Scops-owl (Otus pembaensis) Vulnerable (VU) Philippine Eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis) Vulnerable (VU) Rufous Fishing-owl (Scotopelia ussheri) Vulnerable (VU) Russet Hawk-owl (Ninox odiosa) Vulnerable (VU) Sao Tome Scops-owl (Otus hartlaubi) Vulnerable (VU) Usambara Eagle-owl (Bubo vosseleri) Vulnerable (VU) White-fronted Scops-owl (Otus sagittatus) Vulnerable (VU) Bismarck Masked-owl (Tyto aurantia) Vulnerable (VU) Madagascar Red Owl (Tyto soumagnei) Vulnerable (VU) Manus Masked-owl (Tyto manusi) Vulnerable (VU) Sulawesi Golden Owl (Tyto inexspectata) Vulnerable (VU) Andaman Hawk-owl (Ninox affinis) Near-threatened (NT) Andaman Scops-owl (Otus balli) Near-threatened (NT) Balsas Screech-owl (Megascops seductus) Near-threatened (NT) Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum) Near-threatened (NT) Cloud-forest Screech-owl (Megascops marshalli) Near-threatened (NT) Colombian Screech-owl (Megascops colombianus) Near-threatened (NT) Elegant Scops-owl (Otus elegans) Near-threatened (NT) Enggano Scops-owl (Otus enganensis) Near-threatened (NT) Little Sumba Hawk-owl (Ninox sumbaensis) Near-threatened (NT) Luzon Scops-owl (Otus longicornis) Near-threatened (NT) Mantanani Scops-owl (Otus mantananensis) Near-threatened (NT) Mentawai Scops-owl (Otus mentawi) Near-threatened (NT) Mindanao Scops-owl (Otus mirus) Near-threatened (NT) Mindoro Scops-owl (Otus mindorensis) Near-threatened (NT) Ochre-bellied Hawk-owl (Ninox ochracea) Near-threatened (NT) Palawan Scops-owl (Otus fuliginosus) Near-threatened (NT) Reddish Scops-owl (Otus rufescens) Near-threatened (NT) Rusty-barred Owl (Strix hylophila) Near-threatened (NT) Shelleys Eagle-owl (Bubo shelleyi) Near-threatened (NT) Simeulue Scops-owl (Otus umbra) Near-threatened (NT) Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) Near-threatened (NT) Sumba Boobook (Ninox rudolfi) Near-threatened (NT) Togian Hawk-owl (Ninox burhani) Near-threatened (NT) Maned Owl (Jubula lettii) Data Deficient (DD) Nicobar Scops-owl (Otus alius) Data Deficient (DD) Papuan Hawk-owl (Uroglaux dimorpha) Data Deficient (DD) Lesser Masked-owl (Tyto sororcula) Data Deficient (DD)
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:24:04 +0000
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