Indeed that is true,but then the the correct name had been agreed by people,with a track record of knowing what they are on about,as for bongorob naming all I will say is never trust a man that cannot count Bongos!!
I can count bongos, but not necessarily get the right total. Longicornis was the name that came up when I did a search. I suppose megalotis was a subspecies of longicornis before the split.
Other way round, I think and Hevden are correct that the confusion arises due to the fact that both species have now got the word "Luzon" within their common name. Previously megalotis was merely the Philippine Scops, as it was deemed to extend throughout the archipelago, but now the species has been split, with the result that megalotis specifically refers to the old "nominate" population which was always called Luzon Lowland Scops.
Other species arising from this split are:
Palawan Scops (Otus fuliginosus) - found on Palawan.
Mindanao Lowland Scops (Otus everetti) - found on Mindando and surrounding smaller islands.
Negros Scops (Otus nigrorum) - found on Negros.
Mindanao Highland Scops (Otus mirus) - found on Mindanao.
Luzon Highland Scops (Otus longicornis) - found on Luzon.
Mindoro Scops (Otus mindorensis) - found on Mindoro
'We found that scops owls colonized the Philippines in at least two independent events with subsequent diversification occurring independently in both montane and lowland clades.'
