This owl is listed as Endangered because it has a very small, severely fragmented range, within which its population and the quality of its habitat is declining. In Tanzania the owl inhabits a coastal forest that, while still extensive, is under some pressure from fires, encroachment and tree-cutting.
IUCN Red List species : Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) ver 3.1 2012.2
Dear Sir
This owl is listed as Endangered because it has a very small, severely fragmented range, within which its population and the quality of its habitat is declining. In Tanzania the owl inhabits a coastal forest that, while still extensive, is under some pressure from fires, encroachment and tree-cutting.
please consider the following actions ;
Study its breeding biology, population structure, survival, and habitat requirements (Virani et al. 2010). Study the effects of removing Brachylaena. Monitor populations and forest health in Arabuko-Sokoke, Dakatcha and Usambara forests. Evaluate the effectiveness of nest-boxes as substitute breeding sites (L. Bennun in litt. 1999). Survey additional lowland forest reserves, village forests, and unprotected forest patches in the East Usambaras, as well as Brachylaena-Cynometra woodland in the Mwakijembe area of north-eastern Tanzania, and, in Kenya, north of Dakatcha as far as the southern coast of Somalia to see whether they hold the species (M. Z. A. Virani in litt. 1999, N. Burgessin litt. 2007, N. Cordeiro in litt. 2007, Virani et al. 2010). Increase the area of suitable habitat that has protected status. Continue to work towards linking existing reserves into a single forest reserve in the lowland East Usambaras.
