Little Sumba Hawk-Owl
Ninox sumbaensis
nDiscovered in 2001 in Sumba, Indonesia.
nThought to be a Scops Owl by observers in the late 1980s.
nThree pairs of the owl were located, photographed, videoed and tape recorded.  One was collected and analysis of the cytochrome-b gene revealed it was a Ninox species.
nNo overlap in body length or body mass between Little Sumba and other Ninox owls of the region.  The call is a monosyllabic hoot repeated every 3 seconds, unlike the repeated cluck-cluck-cluck of Sumba Boobook or the calls made by most Hawk-Owls.
nNo population estimate found.
  Sumba Boobook