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    A critically endangered Forest Owlet was spotted in the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra's Palghar district, 100 km from Mumbai, marking the first sighting of the species in the Western Ghats. The Forest Owlet was previously thought to be endemic only to the Satpura mountain ranges in central India. Its rediscovery in the Western Ghats renews hopes for the survival of the species, which was considered extinct for over 100 years until being rediscovered in 1997. Conservationists are excited by the discovery and say it highlights the need to protect habitats like Tansa that could support Forest Owlet populations.

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    A critically endangered Forest Owlet was spotted in the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra's Palghar district, 100 km from Mumbai, marking the first sighting of the species in the Western Ghats. The Forest Owlet was previously thought to be endemic only to the Satpura mountain ranges in central India. Its rediscovery in the Western Ghats renews hopes for the survival of the species, which was considered extinct for over 100 years until being rediscovered in 1997. Conservationists are excited by the discovery and say it highlights the need to protect habitats like Tansa that could support Forest Owlet populations.

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    Forest Owlet Spotted in Ghats - The Hindu

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    A critically endangered Forest Owlet was spotted in the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra's Palghar district, 100 km from Mumbai, marking the first sighting of the species in the Western Ghats. The Forest Owlet was previously thought to be endemic only to the Satpura mountain ranges in central India. Its rediscovery in the Western Ghats renews hopes for the survival of the species, which was considered extinct for over 100 years until being rediscovered in 1997. Conservationists are excited by the discovery and say it highlights the need to protect habitats like Tansa that could support Forest Owlet populations.

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    ForestOwletspottedinGhats
    AlokDeshpande

    ForestOwlet,criticallyendangered.Photo:SpecialArrangement

    ResearchershavespottedacriticallyendangeredForestOwletinNorthernpartofWesternGhats,100kmfromMumbai.
    TheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN)RedListhasdeemedthisbirdtobeatahighriskofextinction.
    Tillnow,ForestOwletwasthoughttobeendemictoSatpuramountainrangesincentralIndia.ItsdiscoveryintheGhatshas
    renewedhopesofitssurvival.
    NaturalistSunilLaad,associatedwiththeBombayNaturalHistorySociety(BNHS),spottedtheForestOwletintheTansa
    WildlifeSanctuaryinMaharashtrasPalghardistrictinOctober.Onsubsequentstudytours,visitorsandconservationiststo
    Tansaweregreetedwithcallsofthebirdaround7kmfromthelocation.AresearchpaperauthoredbySunilLaadand
    RohidasDagale,basedonthisfinding,willshortlybepublishedintheJournalofBNHS(JBNHS).
    Rediscoveredin1997
    Fornearly113years,theForestOwletwasconsideredtobeextinct,untilresearchersrediscovereditin1997inToranmal
    ReserveForestnearShahadaintheSatpuraintheStatesNandurbarDistrict.
    Theplacewhereitwaslocatedisadrydeciduousforest,withopenpatches,whichisverysimilartothetypicalForestOwlet
    habitatintheSatpura.However,thislocationinTansaispartiallydegradedduetohumandisturbances.
    ScientistsworkingonForestOwlettooareexcitedoverthediscovery.Thisclearlyhighlightstheneedtoconservecrucial
    avianhabitatssuchasTansaandotherareaswhicharepotentialhomesoftheForestOwlet,saidornithologistGirishJathar.
    Sightingofthebird,endemictoSatpuraranges,hasrenewedhopesofitssurvival

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