Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Strigidae Scientific name Otus silvicola | Phylum Chordata Order Strigiformes Genus Otus Rank Species | |
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Similar Palawan scops owl, Sandy scops owl, Rajah scops owl, Mantanani scops owl, Moluccan scops owl | ||
The Wallace's scops owl (Otus silvicola) lives on a few remote islands. It is not rare in most of its habitat and has no subspecies except for the nominate. It is also known as the lesser Sunda scops owl.
It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.
References
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