Eurasian Scops Owl

Otus scops - Petit-duc scops

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Otus
Species
:
scops

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: 53 à 64 cm.
Weight
: 90 à 95 g

Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Otus scops scops (France and Italy to the Caucasus area)
Otus scops mallorcae (Iberian Pen., Balearic Is. and nw Africa)
Otus scops cycladum (s Greece and Crete to s Turkey, Syria and Jordan)
Otus scops turanicus (Iraq to nw Pakistan)
Otus scops pulchellus (Kazakhstan to s Siberia and w Himalayas)

Foreign names

Petit-duc scops,
Autillo europeo,
mocho-de-orelhas-eurasiático,
Zwergohreule,
füleskuvik,
Dwergooruil,
Assiolo,
dvärguv,
Dverghornugle,
výrik lesný,
výreček malý,
Dværghornugle,
kyläpöllönen,
xot eurasiàtic,
Skopugla,
syczek (zwyczajny),
mazā ausainā pūcīte,
veliki skovik,
Сплюшка,
ヨーロッパコノハズク,
西红角鸮,
dvärguv,
歐亞角鴞,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest