Indian owl thought extinct found alive by American ornithologists

American ornithologists are reported to have found alive a small Indian owl thought to have died out more than one hundred years ago.

The National Museum of Natural History in the United States says they found a pair of the owls, near the town of Shahada in the western state of Maharashtra in India.

It said the find came after a twelve day search in November.

The species, known as the Forest Owlet or Athene blewitti, is reported to have last been seen in the wild in 1884.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service