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Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB), Cibinong,
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, study skin voucher: MZB 33.231, female (ovary 17 ×
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), Mount Binaiya, at Waensela above Kanikeh Village, Manusela National Park, Seram,
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Province,
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, mist-netted on
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; prepared by Knud Andreas Jønsson, field catalogue number KAJ1-
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Wing length (chord):
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; bill height at base:
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Description of
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Facial area light pinkish cinnamon, more dusky in the eye-pit, with short feathers that do not cover the auricular troughs (probably as a consequence of heavy moult), with a ruff of orange tawny feathers with dark brown tips bordering the facial area outside the auricular troughs. Crown, nape, mantle and wing coverts ochraceous orange, each feather with a short white stripe embedded within dusky-mottled feather-tips; lower back to upper tail-coverts with more spindle-shaped and pale buffy spots within the dark feather-tips. Greater wing-coverts and remiges ochraceous orange with well-spaced fuscous bars and only a few darker mottles between bars; upper side of rectrices similar, ochraceous tawny with five exposed fuscous bars, each
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wide, and with a few dusky mottles or stipples within the broader ochraceous zones. The entire extent of the underparts, including wing linings, yellow-ocher with whitish basal parts of the feathers, and small, roundish subterminal spots on most feathers of the breast and belly; tarsi with yellow-ocher feathers all the way to the base of the toes. Irides dark brown, bill pale horn, feet pinkish drab with pale grey talons.
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Head large and round with a heart-shaped facial area, tail short, and legs rather long as is typical of masked-owls of the genus
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(Bruce 1999)
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. The general colouration, size and geographical location initially led us to believe that it belonged within
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. Generally similar to both forms of
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, but differs by having yellow ochre instead of white or whitish underparts. Also shows a unique pattern on crown and upper back, with a short white or buff shaft stripe within the dusky terminal part of each feather, instead of two roundish, or bar- or heart-shaped white spots per feather, as in most
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species. Additionally, feathers of the mid- and lower back have only a limited amount of light (buffy) mottles within the dusky terminal parts, unlike in
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and, notably,
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. In the latter subspecies, distal parts of the dorsal feathers are densely mottled with dusky and white, and there is also a broad mottled zone inside each of the dark bars, giving a rather peppered greyish appearance to much of the upperparts. The tail of
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is extensively golden brown with broad dark bars, showing no pale mottling, and only a trace of dark mottling between the bars. This is unlike the more extensive dark mottling found in both forms of
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which additionally shows pale mottling. Thus, with more extensively golden brown and distinctly barred wings and tail,
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is phenotypically quite distinct from the two currently recognized forms of
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. Furthermore,
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has longer and completely feathered tarsi, similar to
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC1C31BFEE505818D95F841" box="[264,391,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">T. s. cayelii</emphasis>
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, whereas the lower tarsi of
<taxonomicName id="4C1EBEE7FFC1C31BFD5005818F4FF841" box="[701,861,1940,1964]" class="Aves" family="Tytonidae" genus="Tyto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sororcula" subSpecies="sororcula">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC1C31BFD5005818F4FF841" box="[701,861,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">T. s. sororcula</emphasis>
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have short bristle-like feathers only.
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<subSubSection id="C30496EFFFC1C319FF3D05AC8E1CF86C" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="57" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA1C564FFC1C31BFF3D05AC8F25F819" blockId="4.[151,1436,823,2036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC1C31BFF3D05AC8D45F83D" bold="true" box="[208,343,1976,2000]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet honours Alma Jønsson, daughter of the senior author, acknowledging that she had to be without her father while he was out exploring.
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<paragraph id="8BA1C564FFC0C31AFF7A05688F8DF803" blockId="5.[151,1436,1916,2030]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFF7A05688D1FF87C" bold="true" box="[151,269,1916,1939]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
. Comparisons of
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFE2805698DFCF87F" box="[453,494,1917,1938]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Tyto</emphasis>
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owl specimens. From left to right:
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFCB20569882CF87F" box="[863,1086,1916,1938]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Tyto sororcula cayelii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Buru (AMNH 629476, type specimen), photo by M. Shanley and T. J. Trombone;
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFD2705888F28F85C" box="[714,826,1947,1969]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Tyto almae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Seram (MZB 33.231), photo by K. A. Jønsson;
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFA9C05888D73F822" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Tyto sororcula sororcula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Tanimbar (RMNH.AVES.162520), photo by Eelco Kruidenier; and
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC0C31AFB8905AF8973F822" box="[1124,1377,1977,2000]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Tyto sororcula sororcula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Tanimbar (BMNH 1883.5.30.89, type specimen), photo by Hein van Grouw.
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<paragraph id="8BA1C564FFC3C319FF7A00758F5BFD59" blockId="6.[151,1437,609,692]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FF7A00758D1CFD9A" bold="true" box="[151,270,609,632]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Close-up photos of heads of:
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FDB900778F24FD9A" box="[596,822,609,632]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto sororcula cayelii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Buru (AMNH 629476, type specimen), photo by M. Shanley and T. J. Trombone;
<taxonomicName id="4C1EBEE7FFC3C319FE2600958E28FD7B" box="[459,570,640,662]" class="Aves" family="Tytonidae" genus="Tyto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="almae">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FE2600958E28FD7B" box="[459,570,640,662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto almae</emphasis>
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from Seram (MZB 33.231), photo by K. A. Jønsson; and
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FB7200958989FD7B" box="[1183,1435,640,662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto sororcula sororcula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Tanimbar (RMNH.AVES.162520), photo by Eelco Kruidenier.
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<paragraph id="8BA1C564FFC3C319FF7A07068F5BFA8B" blockId="6.[151,1436,1298,1382]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FF7A07068D02FAC5" bold="true" box="[151,272,1298,1321]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. Close-up photos of tails of:
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FDA607008F3CFAC4" box="[587,814,1299,1321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto sororcula cayelii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Buru (AMNH 629476, type specimen), photo by M. Shanley and T. J. Trombone;
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FE2607278E28FAAA" box="[459,570,1329,1352]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto almae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Seram (MZB 33.231), photo by K. A. Jønsson; and
<taxonomicName id="4C1EBEE7FFC3C319FB7207278989FAAA" box="[1183,1435,1329,1352]" class="Aves" family="Tytonidae" genus="Tyto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sororcula" subSpecies="sororcula">
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FB7207278989FAAA" box="[1183,1435,1329,1352]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto sororcula sororcula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Tanimbar (RMNH.AVES.162520), photo by Eelco Kruidenier.
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FF2A07868D7CFA46" bold="true" box="[199,366,1426,1451]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Conservation.</emphasis>
Both known records of
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FD9007808EB8FA46" box="[637,682,1428,1451]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto</emphasis>
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owls from Seram are from within the protected Manusela National Park. Manusela National Park covers about 10% of Seram (
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2). This is one of the only areas in Seram that is visited with any regularity by ornithologists (Bowler &amp; Taylor 1989, 1993; Marsden
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FB7E07CB88DAFA1B" box="[1171,1224,1502,1526]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">et al</emphasis>
. 1997; Rheindt &amp; Hutchinson 2007a,b) and other individuals who would recognize the scientific significance of a
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FB29041788E3F9F7" box="[1220,1265,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto</emphasis>
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owl on Seram. The natural vegetation of Seram is tropical lowland evergreen and semi-evergreen rain forest, with tropical montane rain forest above ~
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.
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Seram is still well-forested, although the low-lying areas where the human population is concentrated along the coast and in the west have been cleared (BirdLife International 2012). It is very problematic to assess the threat status of this species as so little is known about its distribution, status and habitat requirements. The little information available suggests that
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FC6E04A38FCDF923" box="[899,991,1718,1742]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">T. almae</emphasis>
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is not threatened at present, but lives at rather low population densities within montane and perhaps lowland rain forest on Seram. Timber extraction and bird trapping for the wild bird trade are known threats to other forest bird species of Seram (Marsden 1998; Chan
<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FA6504EB8CBFF8D7" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">et al</emphasis>
. 2004; BirdLife International 2012). The most likely threat to
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<emphasis id="B96A1976FFC3C319FC9605378FE4F8D7" box="[891,1014,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Tyto almae</emphasis>
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is disappearance of its forest habitat due to anthropogenic activities. The existence of Manusela National Park may be of high importance for the longterm conservation of this species.
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