DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15144333
title: Table 1 in A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Principe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus

description: Table 1. Morphological measurements of the scops-owls specimens included in the present study with their respective institutional catalogue number (superscript letters, when present, indicate: HT, holotype; F, female; M, male) and sampling locality. All measures are in millimetres. NA - not available; STP - São Tomé and Príncipe; DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo; EG - Equatorial Guinea. Morphological measurements - Bilen: bill length from bill tip to where culmen enters feathers; Biwid: bill width; Bidepth: bill depth; Binares: bill length from the anterior end of the nares to the tip; Hebi: head+bill, from the tip of the bill to the opposite point on the back of the skull; Midt: middle toe length; Tarlen: tarsus length; Wilen: wing length; Tailen: tail length; Bolen: body length; P10-4: length of primary feathers; Wing formula: sequence of primary feathers ordered by size; * specimens not collected, blood samples codes from the collection of MM at CIBIO-InBIO.
TaxonCatalogue number followed by tissue sample (if available)LocalityBilenBiwidBidepthBinaresHebiMidtTarlenWilenTailenBolenP10P9P8P7P6P5P4Wing formulaO. bikegila sp. nov. 1MHNC-UP-AVE7000 HT, F; P7-04STP, Príncipe16.09.011.311.338.919.932.3147NANANANANANANANANANAO. bikegila sp. nov. 2NA; P8-001 * FSTP, Príncipe19.010.910.411.744.0NA34.014885NA821041161221201191157> 6>5> 8>4> 9>10O. bikegila sp. nov. 3NA; P9-037 * FSTP, Príncipe19.011.811.912.6NANA35.115185205841081181211201191157> 6>5> 8>4> 9>10O. bikegila sp. nov. 4NA; P9-038 * MSTP, Príncipe17.410.912.111.6NANA30.514575192801031141181161131087> 6>8> 5>4> 9>10O. hartlaubi 1NA; ST03-294 *STP, São Tomé16.16.59.7NANANA30.813067NANANANANANANANANAO. hartlaubi 2NA; ST-R16-0202 *STP, São ToméNANANANANANANA139NANANANANANANANANANAO. hartlaubi 3NA; ST10-440 *STP, São Tomé15.59.8NANANANA32.913268NANANANANANANANANAO. hartlaubi 4NA; ST-R17-0264 *STP, São ToméNANANANANANA27.813467NANANANANANANANANAO. hartlaubiNA; ST15-144 *STP, São Tomé16.16.39.110.139.0NA31.91356517074861011071061041007> 6>5> 8>4> 9>10O. hartlaubiSMD C50544STP, São Tomé17.16.1NA10.639.517.130.6136691746591102108107104927> 6>5> 8>4> 9>10O. s. senegalensisSMF 25448Gambia18.36.49.812.542.317.324.214165175669596969089817 = 8>9> 6>5> 5>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1929.2.18.131GambiaNA6.7NANA41.016.522.014060167819810410610596877> 6>8> 9>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1907.12.26.41Gambia17.08.010.29.442.019.023.01406019073929910310094877> 6>8> 5>9> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1955.6.N-20.3927Cape Verde17.06.011.09.039.018.022.013560170NANANANANANANANAO. s. senegalensisBMNH 1955.6.N-20.3926Senegal15.36.510.78.240.015.523.014565170NANANANANANANA8> 7>9> 6>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1955.6.N-20.3930West Africa16.56.111.79.940.015.524.0135571708097100989893878> 7=6> 9>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 94.8.15.28Ghana, Accra17.16.111.010.542.015.523.013758175708794958984827> 8>6> 9>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1930.12.21.13Ghana, Tamatuku15.86.311.09.040.017.520.012555173NANANANANANANANAO. s. senegalensisBMNH 1911.12.23.506Nigeria, Bauchi17.25.211.09.444.018.522.013558170899499989488858> 7>6 = 9>10> 5>4O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1909.12.31.43DRC, Bunkeya16.46.311.19.240.521.023.014060165769210310510898936> 7>8> 5>4> 9>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1909.12.31.42DRC, Katanga15.85.010.48.041.515.023.013057150709095979386807> 8>6> 9>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1957.35.44Angola, Sumbe15.55.010.48.537.015.522.012560165658390908580757 = 8>6> 9>5> 4>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1937.12.27.211Tanzania16.75.89.79.540.016.022.012850160708290919086827> 6=8> 5>4 = 9>10O. s. senegalensisBMNH 1936.2.21.479Djibouti16.56.011.09.842.017.021.013760170728797999683837> 8>6> 9>4 = 5>10O. s. senegalensisSMF 10119Ethiopia, Maki16.86.39.311.036.117.222.112853151728793969691NANAO. s. senegalensisSMF 10121Somalia, Bardera16.54.88.010.132.713.821.510340126546572727472646> 5=7 = 8>9> 4>10O. senegalensis feaeBMNH 1911.12.23.4044EG, Annobón16.86.412.010.740.017.520.0135601858495104106102NANA7> 8>6> 9>10> 5>4O. senegalensis feaeSMF 25452EG, Annobón16.96.89.210.936.616.924.113055165748997969491858> 7>6> 5>9> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.2.14.1 HTTanzania, Pemba19.08.9NA12.249.020.028.015273210759710811110498907> 8>6> 5>9> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.12.14.2Tanzania, Pemba20.58.5NA12.747.021.030.0155752127610010911110297907> 8>6> 9>5> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.12.14.3Tanzania, Pemba19.09.0NA12.248.020.028.015578212759810911010795917> 8>6> 5>9> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.12.14.4Tanzania, Pemba20.08.513.512.147.021.028.0150802127599111112108101967> 8>6> 5>9> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.12.14.5Tanzania, Pemba18.27.5NA11.246.520.029.015076210759610310410397927> 6=8> 5>9> 4>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1937.12.14.6Tanzania, Pemba18.98.011.511.947.020.028.01507621070951071141131091037> 6>5> 8>4> 9>10O. pembaensisBMNH 1956.29.9Tanzania, PembaNANANANANANANA152NA1907798107110107104947> 8=6> 5>9> 4>10O. scopsBMNH 941.5.30.8805Spain, Ibiza16.25.79.29.539.018.022.01546519098113116112106101968> 9>7> 6>5> 10> 4O. scopsBMNH 87.11.11.43Spain, Seville15.15.811.09.137.016.523.015270182941091071059892909> 8>7> 6>10> 5>4O. scopsBMNH 97.11.10.292Spain, Malaga16.86.211.09.840.514.228.014768170851021091069887868> 7>9> 6>5> 4>10O. scopsBMNH 1947.4.89France, Var16.16.811.09.043.018.028.0160702009611411411410196857 = 8=9> 6>10 = 5>4O. scopsBMNH 1934.1.1.1510Italy, Bibbiena16.57.010.59.543.017.024.01577118610011711811511198968> 9>7> 6>10> 5>4O. scopsBMNH 1905.6.28.739Italy, Naples16.56.810.510.043.517.026.0155681859510611010510295938> 9>7> 6>10 = 5>4O. scopsBMNH 1905.6.28.740Italy, Naples16.96.611.09.746.016.127.0159702009211011310910092908> 9>7> 6>10 = 5>4O. scopsBMNH 1955.6.N-20.3874Morocco, Tangier16.77.8NA11.543.020.022.015565180921041041029994948 = 9>7> 6>5 = 4>10O. scopsBMNH 1919.12.11.8Morocco, Atlas15.06.59.810.039.514.022.015080178941071091079288888> 9=7> 10> 6>5 = 4O. scopsBMNH 73.5.28.10Algeria18.16.5NA11.042.017.026.015470180911051061069894878 = 7>9> 6>5> 10> 4O. scopsBMNH 1916.9.20.746Sudan, Trufikia15.56.7NA9.545.018.524.01637519510011511611110098988> 9>7> 10 = 6>5 = 4O. scopsBMNH 1977.20.227Liberia, Mt. Nimba15.06.511.510.042.017.023.015470185NANANANANANANA7> 6>8> 5>4> 9>10O. scopsBMNH 1977.20.229Liberia, Mt. Nimba14.05.510.310.342.019.026.515570195941121121079896918 = 9>7> 6>5> 10> 4O. scopsBMNH 1977.20.232Liberia, Mt. Nimba17.05.510.410.040.217.027.01577217592104NANANANANANAO. scopsBMNH 1977.20.228Liberia, Mt. Nimba17.36.010.29.540.017.023.016573190105115NANANANANA8> 9>7> 6>10> 5>4O. brucei obsoletusSMF 25430Uzbekistan18.55.88.711.543.116.929.61537218696112112114109100907> 8=9> 6>5>10>4
Abbreviations of institutional collections: BMNH - The Natural History Museum, Tring, UK; MHNC-UP - Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; SMD - Senckenberg Museum Dresden, Germany; SMF - Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
description: Published as part of Melo, Martim, Freitas, Barbara, Verbelen, Philippe, da Costa, Satiro R., Pereira, Hugo, Fuchs, Jerome, Sangster, George, Correia, Marco N., de Lima, Ricardo F. & Crottini, Angelica, 2022, A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Principe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus, pp. 1 in ZooKeys 1126 on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.87635