![]() So, with the new Scops Owl from Lombok, there are already several owls discovered during the last decade: Pernambuco Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium mooreorum) in 2002 (da Silva et al 2002 Ararajuba 10(2): 123-130), a species for which there are not yet photographs in the field (Luiz Cardoso da Silva pers com), which has been recorded in only two localities, being on the brink of extinction Little Sumba Hawk Owl ( Ninox sumbaensis) in 2002 (Olsen et al 2002 Emu 102: 223-231), present in Sumba, in the Lesser Sundas, known from the 80’s but confirmed by DNA time latter Serendib Scops Owl ( Otus thilohoffmanni) in 2004 (Warakagoda & Rasmussen 2004 Bull BOC 124(2): 85-105) from SW Sri Lanka and finally Togian Hawk Owl ( Ninox burhani) in 2004 (Indrawan and Somadikarta 2004 Bull BOC 124(3): 160-171), present in the Togian Islands, off Sulawesi. The original paper can be downloaded here: ![]() Its formal description has just been published (Sangster et al 2013), as Rinjani Scops Owl ( Otus jolandae). ………….Rinjani Scops Owl ( Otus jolandae) by Rob Hutchinson/BirdTour Asia.īut besides these, already in 2013 two new species have just been described One, a Scops Owl that lives in the Indonesian island of Lombok (located between Bali and Sumbabwa), known from a few years ago, but which was still formally undescribed. That new species has been named honouring Tasso Leventis, one of the members of BirdLife International Council, a photographer of birds and mammals from many parts of the world, but especially from Nigeria, where he has sponsored the creation of a bird research station, where many birds are ringed every year, especially by Swedish ringers. The other is the Camiguin Hawk Owl ( Ninox leventisi), present in Camiguin South, a small island near north Mindanao. One is the Cebu Hawk Owl ( Ninox rumseyi), from Cebu, which was rediscovered in 1998 after a long period of 110 years without known records. Two of the cases presented were ‘hidden’ taxa, not well-known. A group of these, are splits of the Philippine Hawk Owl ( Ninox philippensis), a species consisting of formerly several subspecies, some of which inhabited isolated in islands of that archipelago, now elevated to specific rank in a paper published in 2012 by Pamela Rasmussen and co-authors in Forktail (Rasmussen et al 2012, Vocal divergence and new species in the Philippine Hawk Owl Ninox philippensis complex. In the short period between 20, several new species of owl have been described. Emu 102: 223-231.Rinjani Scops Owl ( Otus jolandae) and other species new to science Olsen, Jerry Wink, Michael Sauer-Gürth, Hedi & Trost, Susan (2002): A new Ninox owl from Sumba, Indonesia. Feet are yellow, as are the claws, which have have a grey-black tip. The toes have bristly feathers on the top. The legs are feathered on the front down to the toes, but almost bare on the back. The tail has 12-13 dark brown bars on a light rufous-brown background. The underside of the flight feathers are barred rufous and cream, and the upperside is barred rufous and dark brown. Upper parts are light brown with fine, widely spaced dark brown stripes. The throat is rufous with dark stripes and the lower breast is white with dark stripes. The bill goes from horn to yellow at the tip. The face is Grey with white eye-brows, while the crown is greyish with fine barring. Survey work is required to ascertain the distribution and status of this poorly known owl which is undoubtedly at some risk from ongoing habitat loss. It appears to be limited to patches of primary, disturbed primary and secondary forest from 600-950 m on Sumba. It is currently very poorly known and has only been recorded from three localities on Sumba, Indonesia. Ninox sumbaensis was recently formally described, although the taxa has been known to ornithologists since the late 1980s. Through DNA testing, this Owl has now been identified as a Ninox owl, but different to Ninox novaeseelandiae (Southern Boobook Owl), Ninox scutulata (Brown Hawk Owl) and Ninox rudolfi (Sumba Boobook) that are present in Indonesia. Little Sumba Hawk-owlSince the late 1980s, an unknown owl of the Genus Otus has been reported on the island of Sumba in Indonesia.
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