Siau scops owl [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Siau scops owl
The Siau scops owl ("Otus siaoensis") is a critically endangered owl and may be extinct. They live on Siau Island, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia and are (were) forest dwellers. The species is only known from a single holotype from 1866 although there have been some local reports in recent years. Even so, their habitat is being lost to excessive logging of the forest on the island and there would be very few if any individuals left. 
The taxonomic arrangement for this owl
although it has been seen up to . It sometimes frequents partially logged forests of "Dipterocarpaceae" species.
Status and conservation.
The giant scops owl is rated as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN in its Red List of Threatened Species. This is because the population is declining as its forest habitat is destroyed by deforestation and by the mining of chromite. This bird was never a common species and it is thought that in 1999 there were between 3,500 and 15,000 individuals remaining. Of the three islands on which it is