''Xenoglaux,'' meaning ''strange owl,''

Tiny Rare Owl Spotted in Peru Reserve

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 23, 2007

Filed at 9:21 p.m. ET

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- An extremely rare species of tiny owl has been seen in the wild for the first time, the American Bird Conservancy said Thursday. The long-whiskered owlet, one of the world's smallest owls, was discovered in 1976. Researchers have caught a few specimens in nets after dark but had not seen it in nature.

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