Taliabu masked owl

Taliabu masked owl
CITES Appendix II[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. nigrobrunnea
Binomial name
Tyto nigrobrunnea
Neumann, 1939

The Taliabu masked owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea), also known as the Taliabu owl or the Sula Islands barn owl, is an owl in the barn owl family, Tytonidae. This is one of the two groups of owls, the other being the typical owls, family Strigidae. It is endemic to Taliabu Island of Indonesia.

This species was first identified in 1938 when the type specimen, an adult female, was collected.[1] The species was not seen again until 1991,[3] but has since been observed on at least 16 separate occasions.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2024). "Tyto nigrobrunnea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T22688449A255584128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22688449A255584128.en.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Stones, A.J.; Davidson, P.J.A.; Raharjaningtrah, W. (1995). "Notes on the observation of a Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea on Taliabu Island, Indonesia". Kukila. 9: 58–59.
  4. ^ Bruce, M.D., Kirwan, G.M. and Marks, J.S. 2020. Taliabu Masked-Owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea) version 1.0. In Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.talowl1.01.
  5. ^ "Taliabu Masked-Owl - eBird". ebird.org. Archived from the original on 2025-09-07. Retrieved 2026-03-11.