Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann, 1939:89 (original combination)
Taliabu masked-owl, Taliabu masked owl, Sula barn-owl, Taliabu owl, Sula Islands barn owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tyto inexspectata nigrobrunnea (Neumann, 1939)
Conservation Status
Last record: October 1938 (Neumann 1939)
Rediscovered in October 1991 (Stones et al., 1997)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Taliabu, Sula Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum: SMTD (holotype)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Neumann, Oscar. (1939). A new Species and eight new Races from Peleng and Taliaboe. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 59(421): 89-94.
Other references:
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BirdLife International. (2015). Species factsheet: Tyto nigrobrunnea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/03/2015.
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