Otus capnodes (Gurney, 1889:104)
Anjouan scops-owl, Anjouan scops owl, Badanga, Comoro scops owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Scops capnodes Gurney, 1889:104 (original combination); Otus rutilus capnodes (Gurney, 1889:104)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in June 1992 (Safford, 1993)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Anjouan (= Ndzuani Island), Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
"Museum: AMNH, BMNH (holotype), CUM, FNSF, LivCM, MCZ, MHN, MNHN, MNBHU, MZUS, ROM, USNM, ZMUZ" (Weick, 2006:45).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gurney, John Henry. (1889). On an apparently undescribed Species of Owl from Anjouan Island, proposed to be called Scops capnodes. Ibis 31(1): 104-107.
Other references:
Benson, C. W. (1960). Birds of the Comoro Islands: Results of the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition 1958. Ibis 103B(1): 5-106.
BirdLife International. (2013). Otus capnodes. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 27 February 2014.
del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1999) Handbook of the birds of the world, 5. Lynx Ed., Barcelona.
Green, Kathleen E. (2010). Encouraging results from the first comprehensive survey of the Anjouan Scops-owl. BirdLife Africa Newsletter 13(2): 25.
Green, Kathleen E. et al. (2015). Out of the darkness: the first comprehensive survey of the Critically Endangered Anjouan Scops Owl Otus capnodes. Bird Conservation International 25(3): 322-334.
Kemp A, Kemp M (1998) Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands. Sasol.
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [pp. 169-170]
König C, Weick F, Becking JH (1999) Owls. A guide to the owls of the world. Pica Press.
Lafontaine RM, Moulaert N (1999). Une nouvelle espèce du petit duc (Otus, Aves) aux Comores: taxonomie et statut de conservat. J Afr Zool 112(2): 163-169.
Lewis, A. (1996). In search of the Badanga. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 3(2): 131-132.
Lloyd, S. P. (2010). Habitat suitability modelling for the Anjouan Scops Owl, a cryptic unstudied species. MSc, Imperial College, London.
Moorcroft, D. (1996). Anjouan Expedition '95.
Rasmussen PC, Schulenberg TS, Hawkins F and Voninavoko R. (2000). Geographic variation in the Malagasy Scops-Owl ([i]Otus rutilus[/i] auct.): the existence of an unrecognized species on Madagascar and the taxonomy of other Indian Ocean taxa. BBOC. 120: 75-102.
Safford, R. J. (1993). Rediscovery, taxonomy and conservation of the Anjouan Scops Owl, Otus capnodes. Bird Conservation International 3: 57-74.
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)]
Weick F (2003–2005) Neue and wiederentdeckte Eulen der zurückliegenden 15 Jahre. Gefiederte Welt 2003–2005, Fortsetzungen. Ulmer. [2004(1): 20]
Weick, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.