Kingdom Animalia Order Strigiformes Genus Otus Higher classification Scops owl | Phylum Chordata Family Strigidae Scientific name Otus elegans Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Owl, Scops owl, Mountain scops owl, Oriental scops owl | ||
eurasian scops owl
The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey and it has yellow eyes.
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Distribution and habitat
It is found on the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, on Lanyu Island off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon, Philippines, in tropical or subtropical evergreen forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
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References
Ryūkyū scops owl Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA