Tyto sp., 1828

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 37

[ Tyto sp. ]

Status Ripley stated that a Tyto occurs on Biak, but was unable to collect any specimens ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939). He went on to mention that it was known from ‘deep forest’ but ‘is occasionally found among rafters of large houses belonging to Europeans in Korrido’. During numerous visits to Biak and Supiori we have never observed any Tyto and neither has any visiting birder. A Tyto on Biak would be surprising in view of its distribution in the New Guinea region (Beehler & Pratt 2016).