Pallid Scops Owl

Otus brucei - Petit-duc de Bruce

Petit-duc de Bruce
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Otus

  • Species
    :

    brucei

Descriptor

Hume, 1872

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 54 à 64 cm.
  • Weight
    : 100 à 110 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Petit-duc de Bruce
adult plum. post breeding
Petit-duc de Bruce

Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Otus brucei brucei (Aral Sea to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)
  • Otus brucei exiguus (Israel and s Iraq to w Pakistan and ne Arabia)
  • Otus brucei obsoletus (s Turkey and n Syria to Uzbekistan and n Afghanistan)
  • Otus brucei semenowi (s Tajikistan to w China, n Pakistan and e Afghanistan)

Foreign names

  • Petit-duc de Bruce,
  • Autillo persa,
  • mocho-de-orelhas-pálido,
  • Streifen-Zwergohreule,
  • sivatagi füleskuvik,
  • Gestreepte Dwergooruil,
  • Assiolo di Bruce,
  • blek dvärguv,
  • Ravineugle,
  • výrik bledý,
  • výreček plavý,
  • Stribet Dværghornugle,
  • persianpöllönen,
  • xot de Bruce,
  • Hornugla,
  • syczek arabski,
  • svītrainā pūcīte,
  • perzijski skovik,
  • Буланая совка,
  • サバクミミズク,
  • 纵纹角鸮,
  • blek dvärguv,
  • 淡色角鴞,

Voice song and call

Petit-duc de Bruce

Habitat

Petit-duc de Bruce

Shrubland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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