Otus manadensis
Silhouette: Armelle Ansart (photograph), Maxime Dahirel (digitisation) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The Sulawesi scops owl (Otus manadensis) is an owl found on the Sulawesi island of Indonesia. The Banggai scops owl (Otus mendeni) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sulawesi Scops-Owl sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 338 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June and September–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sulawesi Scops-Owl in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in May, the lowest month.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulawesi Scops-Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sulawesi Scops-Owl sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sulawesi Scops-Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (338 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
