Otus jolandae (spesies burung hantu dari lombok yang baru di kenali)

[kullatiro]

 After hiding in plain sight for more
than a century, a small Indonesian
owl has finally been revealed for
what it is: a previously
unrecognized species in the genus
Otus, betrayed not by its
appearance but by its song.
The newly named Otus jolandae , a
scops owl, lives on Lombok island
and resembles the owls living on
the islands next door. But O.
jolandae doesn’t sing the same
tune as its neighbor, Otus
magicus. The owl’s nocturnal
whistling call suggested that the
bird living in the foothills of
Indonesia’s second-tallest volcano
was actually a different species ,
researchers report today in PLoS
ONE.

 The owl had been lumped in with
O. magicus since at least 1896;
that was when British naturalist
Alfred Everett, a civil servant who
had been stationed in Borneo,
collected several of the birds and
sent the specimens to museums.
For more than a hundred years,
the owl’s true identity was a
mystery — until 2003, when
taxonomist George Sangster and his
wife Jolanda were visiting Lombok’s
forests. Sangster, a graduate
student at Sweden’s Stockholm
University, was there to record the
songs of a different bird, the
nightjar.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/who-new-owl-species-thats-who/

Bila hal ini bisa di kenali turis asing menjadi pertanyaan dimana ahli biologi indonesia berada? dan bagaimana sikap sebenarnya pemerintah kita terhadap keragaman hayati yang ada di indonesia?

[K.K.]

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Bila hal ini bisa di kenali turis asing menjadi pertanyaan dimana ahli biologi indonesia berada? dan bagaimana sikap sebenarnya pemerintah kita terhadap keragaman hayati yang ada di indonesia?

Seperti kita tahu, pemerintah di sini tidak pernah menghargai IpTek, anggaran sangat terbatas untuk penelitian. Bahkan untuk pemeliharaan lingkungan saja tidak jelas. Jadi memang tidak perlu berharap banyak.

[Chinpoko]

Seperti kita tahu, pemerintah di sini tidak pernah menghargai IpTek, anggaran sangat terbatas untuk penelitian. Bahkan untuk pemeliharaan lingkungan saja tidak jelas. Jadi memang tidak perlu berharap banyak.

setiap tahu para peneliti dan ilmuwan biologi dr seluruh dunia terus menemukan spesies baru

ini salah satu situs luar ttg spesies baru www.ouramazingplanet.com

disana jg dibahas ttg burung hantu otus jolandae

beda lagi kasus perkawinan silang fauna yg menghasilkan spesies hibrida mis liger hasil perkawinan lion n tiger

semakin maju jaman semakin banyak muncul hal yg aneh2........baik yg mucul tanpa disengaja maupun yg muncul krn hasil kreasi manusia yg ingin selalu mencipta hal baru