Greater Sooty Owl - Tyto tenebricosa arfaki

Description: Generally browner than nominate race, with tarsi mottled darker and lighter greyish-brown. The white spots on this subspecies are generally larger than in the nominate.

Size: Wing: 285-343 mm; Tail: 116-132 mm

Distribution: New Guinea and adjacent Jobi Island.

Also see the nominate description for this species.

Original Description: Schlegel, H. 1879. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 1, p. 101.

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Page compiled by Deane P. Lewis.

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