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TAXONOMY CHANGES
 NEW                                                 FORMERLY
Southern White-faced Owl                             White-faced Scops Owl
(Ptilopsis granti)                                             (Otus leucotis)
Canadian Great Horned Owl                          
(Bubo v. wapacuthu)                                       (Bubo v. occidentalis)
South American Great Horned Owl               Magellan Horned Owl
(Bubo v. nacurutu)                                             
Rock or Indian Eagle Owl                              Bengal Eagle Owl
(Bubo bengalensis)
Pharoah Eagle Owl                                         Savigny’s Eagle Owl
(Bubo ascalaphus)
Greyish Eagle Owl                                         Abyssinian Eagle Owl
(Bubo cinarascens)                                         (Bubo africanus cinarascens)
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl                                    Milky Eagle Owl
(Bubo lacteus)                                                    
Barred Eagle Owl                                           Malay Eagle Owl
(Bubo sumatranus)                                             
Buffy Fish Owl                                                Malay Fish Owl
(Bubo ketupa)                                                 (ketupa ketupa)
Western Screech Owl
Megascops kennicottii                                    (Otus kennicotttii )
Asian Barred Owlet                                        Cuckoo Owlet
(Glaucidium cuculoides)
Southern Boobook Owl                                  Boobook Owl/Morepork
(Ninox boobook)                                             (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
Striped Owl                                                     Mexican Striped Owl
(Asio) clamator midas)