Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis) - HBW 5, p. 242
French: Hibou redoutable
German: Salomoneneule
Spanish: Búho de las Salomón
Taxonomy: Pseudoptynx solomonensis Hartert, 1901, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands.
Affinities uncertain. Sometimes combined with Asio, and usually recognized as offshoot, but more likely a primitive or relict form. Monotypic.
Distribution: Solomon Is, on Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel.
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An adult in a tree, looking around and going down to its nest. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4.6 -
An adult in a tree, looking around. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a branch, looking around. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4.3 -
An adult in its nest, looking around and finally flying to a branch above. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 45 sec 4.3 -
An individual perched in a tree, looking around. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.3
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Adult perched in nesting tree - a massive fig
Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Guy Dutson 6 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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