MORPHOLOGY, PLUMAGE, AND HABITAT OF THE NEWLY DESCRIBED CINNABAR HAWK-OWL FROM NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA

摘要

The Cinnabar Hawk-Owl (Ninox ios) is a species recently described form a single specimen collected in 1985 from Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park in Norht Sulawesi, Indonesia. A second bird was trapped on 14 November 1999 in a mist net set in primary forest at 1420 m in Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi. Compared to the type specimen it had generally similar plumage and was larger. This second Owl was captured on the boundary between an open area of marshland surrounded by hill forest dominated by Pioneer species such as Macaranga hispida and Piper aduncum.