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Title
Response to “Discovery of a possible hybrid of the critically endangered forest owlet Athene blewitti and spotted owlet Athene brama (Aves: Strigiformes) from northern Maharashtra, India” by Pande et al
Author(s)
Farah Ishtiaq
Published
2011
Publisher
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Abstract
The recently published article by Pande et al. (2011) in the JoTT explores speculation on natural hybridization between two closely-related species of owlets using behavioural and phenotypic data. I am left unconvinced by the data presented to verify the hybridization. It is interesting to read that the authors observed a family of owlets with “intermediate” plumages, behaviours and vocalizations defending the territory with a recently fledged young owlet, concluding that it was a fertile hybrid of the two species.
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