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Tag: Otus brookii

An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return — then vanishes again

An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return — then vanishes again

May 22, 2021May 21, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

The Bornean subspecies of the Rajah scops-owl (Otus brookii) was first described from the montane forests of the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1892. Since then, however, its whereabouts have been a mystery. It was not until 2016 that a group of researchers documented the first sighting of a live individual in more than a […]

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