Including info on other Tyto's in region....
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03635p061f.pdf
A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram
Indonesia
A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram,
Indonesia
KNUD ANDREAS JØNSSON, MICHAEL KØIE POULSEN, TRI HARYOKO, ANDREW HART REEVE,
PIERRE-HENRI FABRE
Abstract
We describe a new species of masked-owl from the lower montane forestof Seram,
one of the largest islands in the Moluccasof eastern Indonesia, for which we
propose the name Tyto almae (Seram Masked-Owl), sp. nov. Molecular
(mitochondrial cyt-b) differences show that Tyto sororcula of Buru and Tanimbar
is closely related to T. novaehollandiae of Australia and New Guinea (~1%
uncorrected pairwise distance), and that Tyto almae of Seram differs by ~3%
(uncorrected pairwise distance) from both of them. These differences are further
corroborated by morphology and colouration. Although a photograph from Seram
published in 1987 had already established the presence of a Tyto owl on the
island, ours represents the first specimen of this species. The bird was
mist-netted in wet, mossy lower montane forest at an elevation of 1,350 m. No
further observations of the owl were made during four weeks of fieldwork in
Seram.
Keywords
Manusela, Moluccas, new taxon, owl, phylogeny
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3635.1.5
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