Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Rajah Scops-owl (Otus brookii) - HBW 5, p. 157
French: Petit-duc radjah
German: Radschaeule
Spanish: Autillo Rajá
Other common names: Brooke’s/Rajah Brooke’s Scops-owl
Taxonomy: Scops brookii Sharpe, 1892, Mount Dulit, Sarawak, Borneo.
Probably forms superspecies with O. angelinae. Has been considered conspecific with latter, but the two differ in morphology and possibly in behaviour. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- solokensis (Hartert, 1893) - Sumatra.
- brookii (Sharpe, 1892) - Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird looking at the videographer, at night Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp solokensis)
Mike Edgecombe 30 June 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 4.9
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Single bird perching at night
Locality Mount Pangulubao, North Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Tomas Grim 17 March 2001 17 weeks ago 3.2
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