Playback-Aided Surveys and Acoustic Monitoring in the Detection of the Endangered Forest Owlet <i>Athene blewitti</i>.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring rare and endangered species over the long term is challenging due to limited historical data and comparable methods. Climate and landscape changes can significantly impact species distributions, driving some to extinction. The Forest Owlet is an endangered bird considered extinct but rediscovered after 113 years in 1997. Since its rediscovery, followed by the description of its calls, there have been regular recent sightings of the species from newer locations, leading to its downlisting in the IUCN Red List from critically endangered to endangered. In the Dang region in Gujarat, India, there have been no historical records despite previous systematic ornithological studies over three decades, but have multiple sightings over the last few years. Although we now know a little mor

SUBMITTER: Rajan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature