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27 April 2022 Home range of a Reddish Scops-Owl (Otus rufescens) in an isolated forest in southwestern Peninsular Malaysia
Ahmad Syakir Sulaimi, Mohd Iqbal Haziq Mat Nawi, Amera Natasha Mah Muhammad Adam Mah, Marina Mohd Top, Chong Leong Puan
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Abstract

The Reddish Scops-Owl (Otus rufescens) is a Near Threatened Sunda endemic associated with lowland closed-canopy forests. We radio-tracked the male Reddish Scops-Owl of a breeding pair in the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve in southwestern Peninsular Malaysia from July to September 2019. From a total of 137 radio fixes, and based on its minimum convex polygon, harmonic mean, and kernel density estimations, the home range of this bird was estimated as 1.31–2.16 ha, with 2 roosts found within this area. Its movement was 39.13 ± 3.27 m h–1 in the understory forest strata (1–5 m tall) and mostly close to bamboo clumps. We discuss the possible niche partitioning and interspecific interactions of this owl.

Ahmad Syakir Sulaimi, Mohd Iqbal Haziq Mat Nawi, Amera Natasha Mah Muhammad Adam Mah, Marina Mohd Top, and Chong Leong Puan "Home range of a Reddish Scops-Owl (Otus rufescens) in an isolated forest in southwestern Peninsular Malaysia," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 134(1), 132-138, (27 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.1676/21-00016
Received: 8 February 2021; Accepted: 7 December 2021; Published: 27 April 2022
KEYWORDS
forest disturbance
interspecific interaction
niche partitioning
primary forest
radio-telemetry
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