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Vulnerable馬島草鴞（Tyto soumagnei）是馬達加斯加稀有的一種貓頭鷹。牠們最初於1878年被發現，但當時差不多對牠們一無所知，直至1993年世界自然基金會重新發現牠們為止。牠們因失去棲息地而被列為瀕危。 馬島草鴞像倉鴞，很易混淆，不過牠們較為細小，只有30厘米長，身體呈橙色及有細小的黑點。牠們棲息在島內東部潮濕的常綠林中，主要分佈在原生林及次生林。牠們吃哺乳動物，如馬島蝟科及黑髯鼠屬。牠們會在樹穴中築巢。
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The red owl (Tyto soumagnei) is an owl in the barn owl family Tytonidae. It is also known as the Madagascar red owl, Madagascar grass-owl, Soumagne's owl or lesser grass-owl. It is a rare resident of Madagascar that was virtually unknown from its discovery in 1876 to its rediscovery by researchers from the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1993. It is currently listed as vulnerable because of habitat loss, but recent studies have determined it may have a wider range than first believed, though further research in distribution and ecology is required. It has possibly been overlooked because of its close resemblance to the closely related barn owl.
The red owl resembles the cosmopolitan barn owl but is smaller (27–30 cm) and has rich orange plumage with small black spots. It is known to live in humid evergreen forest and dry deciduous forest in the east of the island, being found in primary forest and in disturbed secondary forest (possibly even human altered open areas). It feeds on native small-mammals like tenrecs (Tenrecidae) and tufted-tailed rats (as opposed to the barn owl, which feeds on introduced species). It nests and roosts in tree cavities and along cliffs with dense vegetation.