Otus pauliani (Benson, 1960:62)
Grand Comoro scops-owl, Karthala scops owl, Grand Comoro scops-owl, Comoro scops-owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Otus rutilus pauliani Benson, 1960:62 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in 1989
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Grand Comoro (=Ngadzidja Island), Comoros
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
"Museum: BMNH (holotype), LivCM, MNHN?" (Weick, 2006:45)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Benson, C. W. (1960). Birds of the Comoro Islands: Results of the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition 1958. Ibis 103B(1): 5-106.
Other references:
BirdLife International. 2016. Otus pauliani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22688694A93206351. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688694A93206351.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
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del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1999) Handbook of the birds of the world, 5. Lynx Ed., Barcelona.
Duncan JR (2003) Owls of the world. Their lives, behaviour and survival. K. Porter, Canada, 319 pp.
Herremans, M.; Louette, M.; Stevens, J. 1991. Conservation status and vocal and morphological description of the Grand Comoro Scops Owl Otus pauliani Benson 1960. Bird Conservation International 1: 123-133.
Kemp A, Kemp M (1998) Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands. Sasol.
König C, Weick F, Becking JH (1999) Owls. A guide to the owls of the world. Pica Press.
Louette M (1988) Les Oiseaux des Comores. Annales Serie Sci Tervueren 255.
Louette, M.; Abdérémane, H.; Yahaya, I.; Meirte, D. 2008. Atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de la Grande Comore, de Mohéli et d'Anjouan. Musée Royal de l'Afrique, Tervuren, Belgium.
Louette, M.; Herremans, M.; Stevens, J.; Vangeluwe, D.; Soilih, A. 1990. Red Data Bird: Grand Comoro Scops Owl. World Birdwatch 12(1-2): 13.
Louette, M.; Stevens, J. 1992. Conserving the endemic birds on the Comoro Islands, 1: general considerations on survival prospects. Bird Conservation International 2: 61-80.
Louette, M.; Stevens, J.; Bijnens, L.; Janssens, L. 1988. Survey of the endemic avifauna of the Comoro Islands. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
Rasmussen PC, Schulenburg TS, Hawkins F, Voninavoko R (2000) Geographic variation in the Malagasy Scops Owl (Otus rutilus), and the existence of an unrecognised species. Bull Brit Ornith Cl 120(2): 75-102.
Safford, R. J. 2001. Comoros. In: Fishpool, L.D.C.; Evans, M.I. (ed.), Important Bird Areas in Africa and associated islands: Priority sites for conservation, pp. 185-190. Pisces Publications and BirdLife International (BirdLife Conservation Series No.11), Newbury and Cambridge, UK.
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, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.