An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return — then vanishes again

Mongabay
May 13, 2021, 6:53 pm280 pts
The Bornean subspecies of the Rajah scops-owl (Otus brookii) was first described from the montane forests of the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1892. Since then, however, its whereabouts have been a mystery. It was not until 2016 that a group of researchers documented the first sighting of a live individual in…

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