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==New species?==

==New species?==

Hume's owl was first known to western science when Hume received a specimen in 1878; this specimen purportedly came from Pakistan.  Since that time this bird, as well as birds currently known from the Middle East and Egypt, are referred to as Hume's owl, despite obvious differences in coloration from the Pakistani specimen.  Recently it was discovered through DNA research spearheaded by ornithologist Hadoram Shirihai that there was a 10% difference between Hume's first specimen and other ''S. butleri'' examples; this research included a specimen collected by Shirihai as a boy.  What they found was a new species which they called the desert tawny owl, naming it ''Strix hadorami'' in his honor.  But complicating matters is a possible third species culled from ''S. butleri'', "''S. omanensis''", which was determined solely on photographs and sound recordings made in Yemen.<ref>http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03904p050f.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/02/02/who-who-centuries-old-owl-mix-up-fixed/?intcmp=features</ref>

Hume's owl was first known to western science when Hume received a specimen in 1878; this specimen purportedly came from Pakistan.  Since that time this bird, as well as birds currently known from the Middle East and Egypt, are referred to as Hume's owl, despite obvious differences in coloration from the Pakistani specimen.  Recently it was discovered through DNA research spearheaded by ornithologist Hadoram Shirihai that there was a 10% difference between Hume's first specimen and other ''S. butleri'' examples; this research included a specimen collected by Shirihai as a boy.  What they found was a new species which they called the desert tawny owl, naming it ''Strix hadorami'' in his honor.  But complicating matters is a possible third species culled from ''S. butleri'', "''S. omanensis''", which was determined solely on photographs and sound recordings made in Yemen.<ref>http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03904p050f.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/02/02/who-who-centuries-old-owl-mix-up-fixed/?intcmp=features</ref>

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Birds of Prey]][[Category:Owls]][[Category:Wood Owls]]

[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Birds of Prey]][[Category:Owls]][[Category:Wood Owls]]