Strix seloputo
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The spotted wood owl (Strix seloputo) is an owl of the earless owl genus, Strix. Its range is disjunct; it occurs in many regions surrounding Borneo, but not on that island itself. The spotted wood owl grows to a length of about 44 to 48 cm (17 to 19 in) with a wing length of 30 to 36 cm (12 to 14 in). The head is chocolate brown with an orangish-buff facial disc and, in the nominate subspecies, a yellowish throat band, but there are no ear-tufts. The upper parts are coffee-coloured, with white bars and spots edged with black. The underparts are dull yellow with broad white and narrow black bars. The eye is dark brown and the beak greenish-black. The legs and toes are well-feathered, with the visible parts being olive. The call is a rolling "huhuhu" followed by a long "whoo".
Typical habitats include lowland forest, mangrove swamps, cleared woodland, plantations,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Zlín-Lešná Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur Bird Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Penang Bird Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Batu Secret Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Wood-Owl sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 446 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 125th most-seen of the 298 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Wood-Owl in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Wood-Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Wood-Owl sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Wood-Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Singapore (446 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
