Source: 9jaflaver.com
The sighting was in 2016, so not “breaking news,” just an interesting story…
His report, published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, includes the first first-ever photograph of the bird in the wild.
‘Being able to document this vanished bird was really an incredibly exciting moment, and not something I ever really dreamed of,’ Boyce told Mongabay. ‘My work wasn’t focused on exploring remote and little-known places, or purposely searching out these forgotten species.’
With only two sightings more than a century apart, scientists still know next to nothing about the Rajah scops owl, including its population size, reproductive habits and vocalizations.
The historic encounter only lasted two hours, according to Boyce.
‘It reminds us as humans, and as scientists, that there are things, there are places in this world—even at this point where we have our fingerprints all over the planet—that we still just don’t have a grasp of and we’re still surprised on a daily basis by things that we find,’ he said.
Check out the link above for the full article.
This photo was with the posted article, although it’s a stock photo, not the actual photo the article talked about. It does look to be a similar owl with the orange eye color, not the yellow of the Sumatran subspecies, so I don’t know if this is a different owl, or a photo taken after the original spotting in 2016.
This article shows the actual photo and has another account if the story.
It also had this photo, again probably not the same owl, but highlighting the eyes.
