Mountain scops owl
Appearance
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Mountain scops owl | |
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An adult mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus spilocephalus) from Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Otus |
Species: | O. spilocephalus
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Binomial name | |
Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846)
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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 common in its main habitat which covers some parts of Asia, including Bangladesh[1] Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Thailand. It is an altitudinal migrant.[3] It has a short high-pitched call. Their call sounds like a two-note whistle, "plew-plew" or "he-he", although the female's songs are rarely heard. Their calls can also vary between different populations allowing one to determine a bird's origin.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Otus spilocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688579A93201511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688579A93201511.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Estimating Occupancy and Abundance of Endangered Kashmir Musk Deer ( ) in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand". Indian Journal of Ecology. 2023-02-28. doi:10.55362/ije/2023/3890.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Otus&species=spilocephalus
- https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om025.pdf
- www.jstor.org/stable/3676817
External links
[edit]"Otus spilocephalus media". Internet Bird Collection.