Little Sumba Owl
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| Olsen , Wink , Sauer-Gürth & Trost , 2002 |
The Small Sumbakauz ( Ninox sumbaensis ) is an owl from the genus of Buschkäuze . Its occurrence is limited to the Indonesian island of Sumba .
features
A single specimen was 23 centimeters long and weighed 90 grams. The top is gray-brown with fine whitish bands and spots and large whitish areas on the shoulder feathers. The reddish-gray hand and arm wings have dark-gray ribbons, the gray-brown tail dark-brown bands. The throat is reddish brown with dark scribbles, the underside brownish white with fine dark angular markings. The eyes are yellow, the eyebrows are whitish, the beak is greenish yellow, the wax skin is yellow. The legs are feathered, the grayish yellow, bristle toes have yellowish claws with blackish tips.
The sympatric Sumbakauz ( Ninox rudolfi ) has brown eyes, dense white spots and bands on top and red-brown stripes on the underside. The voice is also different.
Way of life
The Little Sumba Owl inhabits primary and secondary forests and avoids open terrain outside of the forest. The call consists of individual flute tones that are repeated every two to three seconds.
distribution
The species is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Island Sumba.
literature
- Heimo Mikkola: Handbook owls of the world. All 249 species in 750 color photos. Original title: Owls of the World. A photographic guide. 2012, German-language edition, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co.KG, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-440-13275-3 , p. 477.