Barn-owls (Tytonidae)
Lesser Masked-owl (Tyto sororcula) - HBW 5, p. 68
French: Effraie des Tanimbar
German: Molukkeneule
Spanish: Lechuza de las Tanimbar
Other common names: Tanimbar Owl
Taxonomy: Strix sororcula P. L. Sclater, 1883, Larat, Tanimbar Islands.
Forms superspecies with T. novaehollandiae, T. aurantia, T. manusi, T. nigrobrunnea and T. inexspectata. Sometimes treated as conspecific with T. novaehollandiae. Race cayelii may represent a separate species; Seram population may represent an undescribed race. Species name often misspelt sorocula. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cayelii (Hartert, 1900) - Buru; also Seram (probably this race).
- sororcula (P. L. Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar Is (Larat, Yamdena).
- Data Deficient Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, looking around and calling once. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 45 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around and preening. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 40 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, looking around and flying away. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 28 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree, changing its position. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 33 sec 3.8
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A frontal view of a bird.
Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
James Eaton 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sororcula)
James Eaton 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 3.7
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A bird calling once. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas
(ssp sororcula)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 12 weeks ago 4.6
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