Western screech-owl (Otus kennicottii) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Western Screech-owl (Otus kennicottii) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Western Screech-owl Otus kennicottii macfarlanei subspecies in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection and other Status Designations
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary - kennicottii subspecies
- Technical Summary - macfarlanei subspecies
- Acknowledgements
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of Contractor
- Authorities Consulted
Endangered - macfarlanei subspecies
Special concern - kennicottii subspecies
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2002. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Western Screech-owl otus kennicottii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 31 pp.
Previous reports
Kirk, D.A. 1995. COSEWIC status report on the Western Screech-owl Otus kennicottii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 16 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Rosalind Chaundy-Smart for writing the status report on the Western Screech-owl Otus kennicottii prepared under contract with Environment Canada.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la petit-duc des montagnes, sous-espèce macfarlanei(Otus kennicottii macfarlanei) et de la petit-duc des montagnes, sous-espècekennicottii (Otus kennicottii kennicottii) au Canada – Mise à jour
Cover illustration
Western Screech-owl -- Judie Shore, Richmond Hill, Ontario.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2003
Catalogue N°CW69-14/18-2003E-IN
ISBN0-662-34125-2
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