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Spotted in Kuno National Park after 113 years.
Category: Environment
Important Points:
● Member of owl family Strigidae
● First described in 1873; rediscovered in 1997
● Endemic to forests of central India
● Observed in MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat
● Found in dense deciduous and dry teak forests
● Diurnal hunter
● Feeds on rodents, reptiles, insects
● IUCN Status: Endangered
● Listed under CITES Appendix I