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Otus alfredi (Hartert, 1897:527)

Flores scops owl, Flores scops-owl

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Pisorhina alfredi Hartert 1897:527 (original combination)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1896 (1897?)

Rediscovered in 1994

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Flores, Indonesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Museum: AMNH (Rothsch.), MZB

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hartert, E. (1897). On the birds collected by Mr. Everett in South Flores. Part I. Novit. Zool. 4: 514-528.

 

Other references:

Amadom D, Bull J (1988) Hawks and owls of the world. Checklist West Found Vertebr Zool.

BirdLife Denmark. (2010). Stien til Mbeliling: mennesker og fugle på øen Flores i Indonesien. BirdLife Denmark, Copenhagen.

BirdLife International. (2012). Otus alfredi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 July 2012.

Coates BJ, Bishop KD, Gardner D (1997) A guide to the birds of Wallacea. Dove.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.

del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1999) Handbook of the birds of the world, 5. Lynx Ed., Barcelona.

Hutchinson, R.; Eaton, J.; Demeulemeester, B.; Rheindt, F. E. (2007). Observations of Flores Scops Owl Otus alfredi on Flores, Indonesia, with a first description of its vocalisations. Forktail 23: 184-187.

J. G. Keulemans in Novit. Zool. 1898(5): Pl. 1.

König C, Weick F, Becking JH (1999) Owls. A guide to the owls of the world. Pica Press.

Monk KA, de Fretes Y, Reksodiharjo-Lilley G (1997) Periplus. Singapore.

Pilgrim, J., Leadley, J. and Saifuddin. (2000). Bird surveys and conservation status of four forests on Flores, Indonesia. CSB Conservation Publications, Cambridge, UK.

Reeve, Andrew Hart and Rabenak, Samuel. (2016). New distributional information for the birds of Flores, Indonesia, including new localities for the Endangered Flores Scops Owl Otus alfredi.  Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 136(1): 3-13.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Simay, A., Zalai, T. and Ecsedi, Z. (2009). Flores and Komodo: two islands of Northern Nusa Tenggara. BirdingASIA 11: 59-63.

Weick F (2003–2005) Neue and wiederentdeckte Eulen der zurückliegenden 15 Jahre. Gefiederte Welt 2003–2005, Fortsetzungen. Ulmer. [2004(1): 19-20]

Weick, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Widodo, W., Cox, J. H. and Rasmussen, Pamela C. (1999). Rediscovery of the Flores Scops Owl Otus alfredi on Flores, Indonesia, and reaffirnation of its specific status. Forktail 15: 14-23. [Abstract]

http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/otusalfr.pdf

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6681/otus-alfredi-flores-scops-owl

 

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