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| Giant Scops Owl Mimizuku gurneyi |
| Common Names: Lesser Eagle Owl Discoverer: Tweedale 1879 Category: VULNERABLE Habitat/Distribution: Range (Monotypic)- Mindanao, Dinagat and Siargao (WCSP, 1997); Lives in forest and forest edge usually foraging high in the understory. Ranges from the lowlands to about 1500m, higher on some mountains. Has been found in small clumps of trees in grasslands, far away from the forest. During day, roosts haunched against trucks of trees between forks.(Kennedy et al., 2000) Habitat / Behavior: raptorial, nocturnal (WCSP, 1997). Female 15", Male 12"; Birds with enlarged gonads recorded in April and May. Call a loud, explosive single note wokkk, waokk or a raspier owwwkkk, which may be repeated 15 to 30 sec intervals or given only once. calls infrequently through the night (RSK: R. Kennedy recording) Threats: Extensive habitat clearance Conservation Efforts/Measures: Photograph Information: Courtesy of theMuseum of Natural History, JC Gonzales and FFI . Photos taken by JC Gonzales and Andres Tomas L. Dans [left] Courtesy of the Oxford University Press. Drawing done by M. Johns Bitting taken from "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Dr. Robert Kennedy et al.[left]. |
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