The Biak scops owl (Otus beccarii) is a species of owl endemic to the twin islands of Biak-Supiori in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia.
Biak scops owls are 20–25 cm in length.Pratt, T. K., and B. M. Beehler (2015) Birds of New Guinea. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. They have dark brown and rufous forms (likely morphs) with long ear-tufts and a pale whitish-brown facial disc.Holt, D. W., R. Berkley, C. Deppe, P. L. Enríquez, J. L. Petersen, J. L. Rangel Salazar, K. P. Segars, K. L. Wood, E. de Juana, C. J. Sharpe, and J. S. Marks (2020). Biak Scops-Owl (Otus beccarii), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.biasco1.01 Their call is described as hoarse and corvid-like. Their diet mostly consists of small vertebrates or insects. Primarily lives at forest edges and or within forests; may occasionally live near villages. They are rarely seen, and little is known about their reproduction.
References
BirdLife Species Factsheet - Biak Scops-owl Owl pages