The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D ***SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus Range Biak. Status Vagrant. The first documented record for the entire Australo-Papuan region and Indonesia . This Western and Northern Hemisphere species is a rare winter visitor to the Philippines ( Dickinson et al . 1991 ) and has occurred twice in northern Borneo including one at sea off Labuan ( September 2014 ) ( Eaton et al . 2021 ). 13 November 2022 : K. Behrens ( in litt . 2022) flushed one alongside the road at the ‘tsunami swamp. Seen well and the diagnostic features were noted by an experienced observer.