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An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return then vanishes again
by Romina Castagnino on 13 May 2021
Researchers have confirmed the first sighting of a rare owl last seen in Borneo nearly 130 years ago.
The rediscovery of the Bornean Rajah scops-owl (Otus brookii brookii) came during a chance encounter on May 4, 2016, seven years into a long-term research project on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia.
The researchers say the history of speciation in the region could justify naming the Bornean Rajah scops-owl as its own species, distinct from the Sumatran subspecies, O. b. solokensis.
The Bornean bird is under pressure from deforestation and climate change, which threaten to shrink its habitat and drive it further upslope.
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IMAGE: The first photograph of the Bornean Rajah scops owl in the wild. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center ecologist Andy Boyce reported the rediscovery and photographed this elusive subspecies in the mountainous. view more
Credit: Andy Boyce
The Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl (
Otus brookii brookii), documented in the wild for the first time since 1892, may be its own unique species and deserving of a conservation designation. Published April 28 in
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center ecologist Andy Boyce reported the rediscovery and photographed this elusive subspecies in the mountainous forests of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia.