Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Sulawesi Scops-owl (Otus manadensis) - HBW 5, p. 167
French: Petit-duc de Manado
German: Manadoeule
Spanish: Autillo de Célebes
Other common names: Celebes Scops-owl
Taxonomy: Scops manadensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Manado, Sulawesi.
Probably forms superspecies with O. elegans and O. collari. Formerly treated as conspecific with O. magicus; also sometimes as including O. beccarii as race. Recently listed as including O. elegans as race, perhaps in error. Has traditionally been considered to include birds from Sangihe I, recently described as O. collari. Sulu form sibutuensis, included with O. mantananensis, sometimes placed with present species. Classification and true affinities of Otus taxa in SE Asia, particularly island forms, highly complex, with relation.. View all taxonomy...
Probably forms superspecies with O. elegans and O. collari. Formerly treated as conspecific with O. magicus; also sometimes as including O. beccarii as race. Recently listed as including O. elegans as race, perhaps in error. Has traditionally been considered to include birds from Sangihe I, recently described as O. collari. Sulu form sibutuensis, included with O. mantananensis, sometimes placed with present species. Classification and true affinities of Otus taxa in SE Asia, particularly island forms, highly complex, with relationship between present species and O. magicus not fully understood; taxonomic status of races treated under present species unclear, with some or all sometimes treated under O. magicus, and current arrangement tentative. In particular, siaoensis, with shorter wings and much shorter and more narrowly barred tail may well be specifically distinct; sulaensis morphologically closer to O. magicus and probably better placed with that species, or perhaps specifically distinct; mendeni and kalidupae little known. Pending further research, five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- siaoensis (Schlegel, 1873) - Siau I, N of Sulawesi.
- manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Sulawesi.
- mendeni Neumann, 1939 - Banggai Is (Peleng, perhaps also Labobo).
- siaoensis (Schlegel, 1873) - Siau I, N of Sulawesi.
- manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Sulawesi.
- mendeni Neumann, 1939 - Banggai Is (Peleng, perhaps also Labobo).
- sulaensis (Hartert, 1898) - Sula Is (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole, Sanana).
- kalidupae Hartert, 1903 - Tukangbesi Is (Kaledupa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at night, singing Locality Toraut, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2007 5 years ago 49 sec 4.6 -
Two birds on a branch, female on the right ? Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
herve jacob 16 September 2012 8 weeks ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A bird looking around and singing Locality Toraut, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2007 5 years ago 35 sec 4.5 -
A calling bird at night. Locality Toraut, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 August 2009 1 year ago 48 sec 4.4 -
Two birds roosting close together in a tree. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Rob Hutchinson 2 October 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 4.3 -
Two birds roosting in a tree, one of them being bitten by a mosquito. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Rob Hutchinson 2 October 2010 1 year ago 46 sec 4.2
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A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
Rob Hutchinson 1 September 2011 31 weeks ago 4.2 -
Pair day roosting
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
nvoaden 1 September 2009 50 weeks ago 3.8 -
One of three birds spotlit after dusk.
Locality Gunung Mahawu, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp manadensis)
David Beadle 13 October 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
bird seen by the roadside on our way out of the park
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Dirk Tomsa 19 December 2010 1 year ago 3 -
One bird in a tree at night Locality Tambun, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Peter Waanders 17 May 2010 2 years ago 1.7
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After playback 3-4 rapid notes acelerating, then back to interval 6-8 seconds pr call Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(ssp siaoensi)
Niels Poul Dreyer 20 July 1989 15 weeks ago 4 -
call every 6 seconds with one note before playback Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(ssp siaoensi)
Niels Poul Dreyer 20 July 1989 15 weeks ago 4 -
Persistent call at 8 pm, Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(ssp siaoensis )
Niels Poul Dreyer 14 July 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Persistent call at 8 pm, Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Niels Poul Dreyer 14 July 2010 2 years ago 3
