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Identification

Endemic to the island of Lombok, Indonesia.

Formally described in 2013 after been discovered in 2003.
This is a monotypic species.

Forest, lush gardens and coconut palmgroves mixed with other trees.

Sangster, G.; King, B. F.; Verbelen, P.; Trainor, C. R. (2013). "A new owl species of the genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia". PLoS ONE 8 (2): e53712.

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