The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding...
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Scops owls are typical owls in family Strigidae belonging to the genus Otus and are restricted to the Old World. Otus is the largest genus of owls with...
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The Sunda scops owl (Otus lempiji) is a small brown owl native to the Sunda Islands. The taxon is considered a subspecies of Otus bakkamoena by some authors...
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The oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) is a species of scops owl found in eastern and southern Asia. Call Call of oriental scops owl recorded in Parambikulam...
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The Indian scops owl (Otus bakkamoena) is a species of owl native to South Asia. This species formerly included the collared scops owl (Otus lettia). The...
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The collared scops owl (Otus lettia) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the...
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include "Otus Whitehead", "Whitehead scops owl" and "Luzon lowland scops owl". Everett's scops owl (Otus everetti) and Negros scops owls (Otus nigrorum)...
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Japanese scops-owl (Otus semitorques) is a small owl species in the family Strigidae, or true owl family. It is a member of the genus Otus, the scops owl genus...
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The Luzon scops owl (Otus longicornis) or the Luzon highland scops owl is a species of scops owl endemic to Luzon, Philippines. Not to be confused with...
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media related to Otus senegalensis. African Scops Owl - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. African Scops-Owl (Otus senegalensis) videos...
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Mentawai scops owl (Otus mentawi) is endemic to larger islands of Mentawai, off west Sumatra, Indonesia. BirdLife International (2016). "Otus mentawi"...
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The mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is locally...
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The Sokoke scops owl (Otus ireneae) is a highly localized species of scops owl found in lowland forests of Kenya and Tanzania. The greatest population...
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The Madagascar scops owl (Otus rutilus), also known as the Malagasy scops owl or Rainforest scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It...
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The Siau scops owl (Otus siaoensis) is a critically endangered owl species. They live on Siau Island, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia and are (were) forest...
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pallid scops owl (Otus brucei) is a small scops owl ranging from the Middle East to west and central Asia, sometimes called the striated scops owl. The...
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The Cyprus scops owl (Otus cyprius) is a small owl endemic to Cyprus. It is similar to the Eurasian scops owl Otus scops, with which it was once considered...
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The São Miguel scops owl (Otus frutuosoi) is a small extinct owl that once inhabited the island of São Miguel, in the Macaronesian archipelago of the...
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belong to the genus Otus, and is likely descended from the Otus sunia lineage. Compared to the Mauritius scops owl and the Rodrigues scops owl, it was the...
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Scops-owl "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13. Media related to Otus manadensis at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Otus manadensis...
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The Flores scops owl has a generic name of Otus which was first introduced by Thomas Pennant, a Welsh naturalist and traveller, in 1769. "Otus" is derived...
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The Serendib scops owl (Otus thilohoffmanni) is the most recently discovered bird of Sri Lanka. It was originally located by its unfamiliar poo-ooo call...
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The Rodrigues scops owl (Otus murivorus), also known as Rodrigues owl, Rodrigues lizard owl, Leguat's owl, or (somewhat misleadingly) Rodrigues little...
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The giant scops owl (Otus gurneyi), lesser eagle-owl or the Mindanao eagle-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Philippines...
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The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey...
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The sandy scops owl (Otus icterorhynchus), or cinnamon scops owl, is an owl from the family Strigidae found in Africa. The sandy scops owl is thought to...
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The Biak scops owl (Otus beccarii) is a species of owl endemic to the twin islands of Biak-Supiori in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia. It is classified...
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The Annobón scops owl (Otus feae) is an owl endemic to the Equatorial Guinea island of Annobón. The current population is estimated to be around 50-249...
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The Anjouan scops owl (Otus capnodes) is an owl endemic to the island of Anjouan in the Comoro Islands. The Anjouan scops owl occurs in grey and rufous...
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The extinct Mauritius scops owl (Otus sauzieri), also known as Mauritius owl, Mauritius lizard owl, Commerson's owl, Sauzier's owl, or Newton's owl, was...
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