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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

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Andaman masked owl[edit]

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Andaman masked owl
Andaman masked owl
  • ... that the Andaman masked owl (pictured) is known only from the southern Andaman Islands? Source: "Geographic range: Tyto deroepstorffi: S Andaman Islands"
    • ALT1:... that the Andaman masked owl (pictured) is thought by some authors to be a subspecies of another owl species? Source: "This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tyto [alba, javanica, detorta or deroepstorffi] (sensu lato) by some authors"

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Intrigued as usual and stimulated further owl reading. Thank you. Beautiful image. copyvio, character counts, expansion 5* and sources all appear ok. Can't see any obvious problems. Is it endangered? Whispyhistory (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

  • Hi, I came by to promote this, and it is a striking image, but the hook doesn't seem like lead material. Perhaps combine the two facts? Perhaps mention "barn owl" instead of "another owl species"? Yoninah (talk) 22:00, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
  • Well, the taxonomy is a bit messy, so I would prefer
  • ALT2 ... that the only place in the world where this owl (pictured) is found is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
  • Can't find that this owl exists anywhere else. Article says "The Andaman masked owl is known only from the southern Andaman Islands", source says "geographic range- Andaman range". 'Owls of the world' says "confined to Andaman and Nicobar islands". Quick cross-reference [1] The Andaman Barn-owl is believed to be scarce, and reported only from South Andaman Island, and from the nearby islands of Viper, Ross, and North-, and South Cinque.. Hook says Andaman islands/Archipelago...covers Nicobar islands....so all seems correct. It appears interesting esp with image of owl which is interesting in itself. Hope this helps. Whispyhistory (talk) 15:56, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
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