Barn-owls (Tytonidae)
Minahassa Owl (Tyto inexspectata) - HBW 5, p. 69
French: Effraie de Minahassa
German: Minahassaeule
Spanish: Lechuza de Minahassa
Other common names: Minahassa/Unexpected Owl/Barn-owl
Taxonomy: Strix inexspectata Schlegel, 1879, Minahassa, Sulawesi.
Forms superspecies with T. novaehollandiae, T. aurantia, T. manusi, T. sororcula and T. nigrobrunnea. Until recently, widely considered to include T. nigrobrunnea as a race. Species name often misspelt inexpectata. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & NC Sulawesi.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A bird high in a branch. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 16 September 2012 8 weeks ago 33 sec 3.4
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A bird perched on a trunk.
Locality Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 1 September 2011 31 weeks ago 4.5 -
A poor shot of a bird in a tree at night
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 19 May 2010 2 years ago 1
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