Birds > Strigiformes & Owls
The Principe Scops Owl (Otus bikegila) is a recently described insular nocturnal raptor endemic strictly to the tiny oceanic island of PrÃncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Officially confirmed to science in 2022 following extensive bioacoustic surveys and...
Birds > Strigiformes & Owls
The Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) is an extraordinary, diminutive nocturnal raptor endemic strictly to the misty, epiphyte-draped cloud forests of the northern Peruvian Andes. Occupying its own monotypic genus, Xenoglaux (meaning ‘strange owl’),...
