Siau Scops Owl - BirdForum Opus

Otus siaoensis

Identification

19 cm - a small species

• Short ear tufts, short wings and short tail
• Mostly brown with some buffy on underside
  • Black streaks and buffy mottling
• Eyes yellow, bill yellowish horn
• Legs mostly feathered

Distribution

Siau Island in the Sangir Archipelago^[4].

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Until recently, Siau Scops Owl was considered a subspecies of one of these two species: Sulawesi Scops Owl - Otus manadensis or Moluccan Scops Owl - Otus magicus

Habitat

Presumably forest

Behaviour

Not known at this time

Vocalisation

Described as a two-part rolling sound that lasts less than one second.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, C.J. Sharpe, and J. S. Marks (2020). Siau Scops-Owl (Otus siaoensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sulsco2.01
4. Wikipedia page on Siau Island

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Siau Scops Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 December 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Siau_Scops_Owl

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