Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Simeulue Scops-owl (Otus umbra) - HBW 5, p. 168
French: Petit-duc de Simalur
German: Simalureule
Spanish: Autillo de la Simeulue
Other common names: Mentaur/Simular/Simulu Scops-owl
Taxonomy: Pisorhina umbra Richmond, 1903, Simalur Island.
Probably forms superspecies with O. enganensis and O. alius. Previously considered race of either O. scops or O. sunia. Sometimes treated as conspecific with O. enganensis, but vocalizations apparently very different. Monotypic.
Distribution: Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
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side view perched in vines, one foot above the other, clambers up to change position Locality Simeulue Island, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 January 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.5 -
front view on low branch, left wing drooped, turns and flies away Locality Simeulue Island, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 January 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 3.5 -
perched overhead Locality Simeulue Island, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 January 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.3 -
perched over head, looking around Locality Simeulue Island, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 January 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 3.3
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