#minahasa masked owl

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OOTD 2/5/23:

Minahasa Masked Owl

Scientific name: Tyto Inexpectata

Commonly found: the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia

Size: 27-31cm

The Minahasa Masked Owl is entirely endemic to the island of Sulawesi, with a population somewhere between 2,500 and 10,000. They are nocturnal, but not much is known about their behavioural habits due to their smaller numbers. They usually live in rainforests, however they're known to sometimes live in drier more mountainous forests as well.

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Minahasa Masked Owl (Tyto inexspectata) © Tangkoko Ranger _Homestay & Tour Operator

It hatches from colored, dark, entire, facial, juvenile, long, open, overall, rich, single, and speckled eggs.

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The Type of (Tyto) Owls the X-Men and Brotherhood Are For the 🦉Guardians of Ga'Hoole AU:

X-Men: Guardians of Xlaux and the Great Tree

Charles Xavier/Professor X: Eastern Grass Owl

Ororo Munroe/Storm: African Grass Owl

Logan Howlett/Wolverine: (melanistic) Barn Owl

Hank McCoy/Beast: Greater Sooty Owl

Scott Summers/Cyclops: Masked Owl

Jean Grey/Phoenix: Red Owl

Anna-Marie/Rogue: Lesser Sooty Owl

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler: Greater Sooty Owl

Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat: Golden Masked Owl

Evan Daniels/Spyke: African Grass Owl

Bobby Drake/Iceman: (like Nyra) Barn Owl

Roberto da Costa/Sunspot: Manus Masked Owl

Ray Crisp/Berserker: Minahasa Masked Owl

Jamie Maddox/Multiple: Ashy Faced Owl

Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom: Golden Masked Owl

Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane: Eastern Grass Owl

Jubilation Lee/Jubilee: Barn Owl

Alex Summers/Havok: Masked Owl

Laura Kinney/X-23: Barn Owl

Brotherhood: The Brotherhood of Pure Ones/St. Alba's

Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto: Greater Sooty Owl

Raven Darkholme/Mystique: Lesser Sooty Owl

Victor Creed/Sabretooth: Barn Owl

Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver: Greater Sooty Owl

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch: Greater Sooty Owl

Todd Tolansky/Toad: Taliabu Masked Owl

Freddy Dukes/Blob: Eastern Grass Owl

Lance Alvers/Avalanche: Sulawesi Masked Owl

St. John Allerdyce/Pyro: Australian Masked Owl

Remy LeBeau/Gambit: Red Owl

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Minahasa Masked Owl

Binomial: Tyto inexspectata

Location: the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Population: Endangered/Vulnerable

Eyes: suggests nocturnal hunter

Subspecies: none reported

Size: a wingspan of 240–250 mm (9.45”-9.84”). No further information for this beauty.

It appears to prefer undisturbed or lightly disturbed rainforest at altitudes of 100–1,600 m. As the primary lowland forests on the Minahasa peninsula has been destroyed, the survival of the species depends on the more inaccessible montane forests. The species is known to inhabit the two large protected regions (Bogani Nani Wartabone and Lore Lindu National Parks) established in central Sulawesi and Minahassa Peninsula.

I personally wish there was more information on this lil guy. How sad that this owl will more than likely become extinct in my lifetime if we do not act now.

If anyone has any sources to help with the conservation of this, or any other endangered, vulnerable, or threatened owl species, feel free to tag me or reblog/comment here.

Thank you.

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