Tyto novaehollandiae cayelii (Hartert, 1900:228)
Buru masked owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Strix cayelii Hartert, 1900:228 (original combination); Tyto cayelii (Hartert, 1900:228); Tyto sororcula cayelii (Hartert, 1900:228)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1921
Rediscovered in 2009
Distribution
Buru, Maluku Islands (=Moluccas), Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum: AMNH (Rothsch.)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hartert, Ernst. (1900). The birds of Buru, being a list of collections made on that island by Messrs. William Doherty and Dumas. Novitates Zoologicae 7: 225-242.
Other references:
del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1999) Handbook of the birds of the world, 5. Lynx Ed., Barcelona.
Knud Andreas Jønsson, Michael Køie Poulsen, Tri Haryoko, Andrew Hart Reeve and Pierre-Henri Fabre (2013). A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3635(1): 51-61.
Weick, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.