Birds of the World

    STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae (Owls)  
Genus: Otus (60 species)


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Flores Scops Owl (Otus alfredi) Endangered
Range: AU: montane Flores (c Lesser Sundas)
 



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Nicobar Scops Owl (Otus alius) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Nicobar Is.
 



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Javan Scops Owl (Otus angelinae) Vulnerable
Range: OR: montane w Java
 



Indian Scops Owl
Indian Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena)
Range: PAL, OR: s Pakistan, c, s India and Sri Lanka
Thattekad, India  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Andaman Scops Owl (Otus balli)
Range: OR: Andaman Is.
 



Biak Scops Owl
Biak Scops Owl (Otus beccarii) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
Biak, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Principe Scops Owl (Otus bikegila)
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



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Rajah Scops Owl (Otus brookii)
Range: OR: montane Sumatra and Borneo
 



Pallid Scops Owl
Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei exiguus)
Range: PAL: sw, c
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Anjouan Scops Owl (Otus capnodes) Endangered
Range: AF: Anjouan (=Nzwani; ec Comoros)
 



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Sangihe Scops Owl (Otus collari)
Range: AU: Sangihe (n of Sulawesi)
 



Cyprus Scops Owl
Cyprus Scops Owl (Otus cyprius)
Range: PAL: Cyprus
Cyprus  
 
Photograph by Gareth Knass   © All Rights Reserved.


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Ryukyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Ryukyu Is., Daito Is., and Okinoshima, off s Kyushu (s Japan) and Taiwan to far n Philippines
 



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Enggano Scops Owl (Otus enganensis) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Enggano (w of s Sumatra)
 



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Everett's Scops Owl (Otus everetti)
Range: OR: Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Basilan (ec and s Philippines)
 



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Annobon Scops Owl (Otus feae) Critically Endangered
Range: AF: Annobón (Gulf of Guinea is.)
 



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Palawan Scops Owl (Otus fuliginosus) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Palawan (sw Philippines)
 



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Reunion Scops Owl (Otus grucheti)
Range: IO: Réunion (w Mascarenes)
 



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Giant Scops Owl (Otus gurneyi) Vulnerable
Range: OR: Samar, Dinagat, Siargao and Mindanao (Philippines)
 



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Sao Tome Scops Owl (Otus hartlaubi) Vulnerable
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



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Sandy Scops Owl (Otus icterorhynchus)
Range: AF: w, c
 



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Seychelles Scops Owl (Otus insularis) Critically Endangered
Range: IO: montane Mahé (sw Inner Is., ne Seychelles)
 



Sokoke Scops Owl
Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae) Endangered
Range: AF: se Kenya and ne Tanzania
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info

Sokoke Scops Owl
Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae) Endangered
Range: AF: se Kenya and ne Tanzania
Sokoke Forest, Kenya
  Red morph.
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Rinjani Scops Owl (Otus jolandae) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Lombok (w Lesser Sundas)
 



Sunda Scops Owl
Sunda Scops Owl (Otus lempiji lempiji)
Range: OR: s Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo and Java
Bali, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


Collared Scops Owl
Collared Scops Owl (Otus lettia erythrocampe)
Range: OR: w Himalayas through s China, n Indochina and Taiwan
Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Luzon Scops Owl (Otus longicornis) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane Luzon (n Philippines)
 



Torotoroka Scops Owl
Torotoroka Scops Owl (Otus madagascariensis)
Range: AF: w, c Madagascar
Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Moluccan Scops Owl
Moluccan Scops Owl (Otus magicus albiventris)
Range: AU: Moluccas and Lesser Sundas
Lesser Sundas, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Abdul Azis Gizan     Copyright and usage info


Sulawesi Scops Owl
Sulawesi Scops Owl (Otus manadensis)
Range: AU: Sulawesi, Salayar (s of sw Sulawesi), Kabaena, Muna, Butung (=Buton) and Wowoni (se of se Sulawesi)
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Mantanani Scops Owl
Mantanani Scops Owl (Otus mantananensis) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Philippines
Pulau Mantanani, Sabah, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.

Mantanani Scops Owl
Mantanani Scops Owl (Otus mantananensis romblonis) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Philippines
Tablas, Philippines  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Mayotte Scops Owl (Otus mayottensis)
Range: AF: Mayotte (se Comoros)
 



Philippine Scops Owl
Philippine Scops Owl (Otus megalotis)
Range: OR: Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque (n Philippines)
Philippines  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


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Banggai Scops Owl (Otus mendeni) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Banggai Is. (e of Sulawesi)
 



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Mentawai Scops Owl (Otus mentawi) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Mentawai Is. (w of c Sumatra)
 



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Mindoro Scops Owl (Otus mindorensis) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane Mindoro (nc Philippines)
 



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Mindanao Scops Owl (Otus mirus) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane Mindanao (s Philippines)
 



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Moheli Scops Owl (Otus moheliensis) Endangered
Range: AF: montane Mohéli (=Mwali; wc Comoros)
 



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Rodrigues Scops Owl (Otus murivorus)
Range: IO: Rodrigues (e Mascarenes)
 



Negros Scops Owl
Negros Scops Owl (Otus nigrorum) Vulnerable
Range: OR: Negros and Panay (wc Philippines)
Negros, Philippines  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae)
Range: PAL: wc, sw Saudi Arabia, Yemen and sw Oman
 



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Karthala Scops Owl (Otus pauliani) Endangered
Range: AF: montane Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros)
 



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Pemba Scops Owl (Otus pembaensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Pemba I. (off Tanzania)
 



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Palau Scops Owl (Otus podarginus)
Range: PO: Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
 



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Reddish Scops Owl (Otus rufescens) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas
 



Rainforest Scops Owl
Rainforest Scops Owl (Otus rutilus)
Range: AF: e Madagascar
Ankarafantsika, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


White-fronted Scops Owl
White-fronted Scops Owl (Otus sagittatus) Vulnerable
Range: OR: Malay Pen.
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


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Mauritius Scops Owl (Otus sauzieri)
Range: IO: Mauritius (c Mascarenes)
 



Eurasian Scops Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops turanicus)
Range: PAL: w, c
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Japanese Scops Owl (Otus semitorques)
Range: PAL: ne China, Korean Pen., Ussuriland, Japan and Ryukyu Is.
 



African Scops Owl
African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis)
Range: AF: widespread
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


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Siau Scops Owl (Otus siaoensis) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Siau (n of Sulawesi; known from one specimen)
 



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Wallace's Scops Owl (Otus silvicola)
Range: AU: Sumbawa and Flores (w, c Lesser Sundas)
 



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Socotra Scops Owl (Otus socotranus)
Range: AF: Socotra
 



Mountain Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus)
Range: OR: widespread
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info

Mountain Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus)
Range: OR: widespread
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info

Mountain Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus luciae)
Range: OR: widespread
Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Mountain Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus) Immature
Range: OR: widespread
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


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Sula Scops Owl (Otus sulaensis) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi)
 



Oriental Scops Owl
Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia distans)
Range: OR: widespread, also e Asia
Singapore
  Rufuos morph.
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Wetar Scops Owl (Otus tempestatis)
Range: AU: Wetar (e Lesser Sundas)
 



Serendib Scops Owl
Serendib Scops Owl (Otus thilohoffmanni) Endangered
Range: OR: Sri Lanka
Kitulgala Forest Reserve, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


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Simeulue Scops Owl (Otus umbra) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Simeulue (w of n Sumatra)
 




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