Eurasian Scops Owl
Otus scops - Petit-duc scops
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Strigidés
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Genus:
Otus
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Species:
scops
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 20 cm
- Wingspan: 53 à 64 cm.
- Weight: 90 à 95 g
Longevity
6 years
Geographic range
Description 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-d'orelhas,
- 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,
- 歐亞角鴞,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes