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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Adults have a fierce looking face; Body overall dark brown; when perched, blakish crown and white ear tufts visible; underparts brownish with thick black streaking. Orange iris distinct. The subspecies ''Otus brookii solokensis'' is different in plumage from '' |
Adults have a fierce looking face; Body overall dark brown; when perched, blakish crown and white ear tufts visible; underparts brownish with thick black streaking. Orange iris distinct. The subspecies ''Otus brookii solokensis'' is different in plumage from ''O. b. brookii'' in having darker underparts; streaking thicker and nuchal collar less distinct. Juveniles of ''O. b. brookii'' remain un-described. ''O. b.solokensis'' has rufous upperparts and vermiculations on the underparts.<ref name=frank>{{cite book | authors = James A. Eaton, Bas van Balen, Nick W. Brickle, Frank E. Rheindt | title=Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago Greater Sundas and Wallacea | year=2016 | ISBN = 978-84-941892-6-5}}</ref> |
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[[File:Rajah Scops-Owl (Otus brookii) juvenile.jpg|thumb|right|Juvenile Rajah Scops Owl]] |
[[File:Rajah Scops-Owl (Otus brookii) juvenile.jpg|thumb|right|Juvenile Rajah Scops Owl]] |
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==Vocalizations== |
==Vocalizations== |
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''O.b.solokensis'' has an explosive "OWH" or "OWH-OWH" barking call lasting ~ half a second and repeated irregularly.<ref name= frank/> |
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==Habitat== |
==Habitat== |
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| Adult O.brookii solokensis from Mt. Kerinci, Sumatra. | |
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| Species: | O. brookii
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| Otus brookii (Sharpe, 1892)
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The Rajah scops owl (Otus brookii) is found in Borneo and Sumatra. There are two subspecies namely Otus brookii brookii found in Borneo and Otus brookii solokensis found in Sumatra.[2] The bird is named after James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak.[3]
Description
Adults have a fierce looking face; Body overall dark brown; when perched, blakish crown and white ear tufts visible; underparts brownish with thick black streaking. Orange iris distinct. The subspecies Otus brookii solokensis is different in plumage from O. b. brookii in having darker underparts; streaking thicker and nuchal collar less distinct. Juveniles of O. b. brookii remain un-described. O. b.solokensis has rufous upperparts and vermiculations on the underparts.[4]
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Vocalizations
O.b.solokensis has an explosive "OWH" or "OWH-OWH" barking call lasting ~ half a second and repeated irregularly.[4]
Habitat
Uncommon in montane forests above 1100m. It can be found perched in the lower canopy.[4]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ The Handbook of the Birds of the World.
- ^ Duncan, James R. (2003). Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival. Firefly Books. p. 206. ISBN 9781552978450.
- ^ a b c Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago Greater Sundas and Wallacea. 2016. ISBN 978-84-941892-6-5.
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