Scops-Owls
Otus
Scops owls are typical owls (family Strigidae) mostly belonging to the genus Otus. Approximately 45 living species are known, but new ones are frequently recognized and unknown ones are still being discovered every few years or so, especially in Indonesia. For most of the 20th century, this genus included the American screech owls, which are now again separated in Megascops based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological and DNA sequence data. Otus is the largest...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 55 known species
Eurasian Scops-Owl
speciesOtus scops
Collared Scops-Owl
speciesOtus lettia
Indian Scops-Owl
speciesOtus bakkamoena
Oriental Scops-Owl
speciesOtus sunia
Mountain Scops-Owl
speciesOtus spilocephalus
African Scops-Owl
speciesOtus senegalensis
Madagascar Scops-Owl
speciesOtus rutilus
Ryukyu Scops-Owl
speciesOtus elegans
Sunda Scops-Owl
speciesOtus lempiji
Japanese Scops-Owl
speciesOtus semitorques
Pallid Scops-Owl
speciesOtus brucei
White-fronted Scops-Owl
speciesOtus sagittatus
Sulawesi Scops-Owl
speciesOtus manadensis
Serendib Scops-Owl
speciesOtus thilohoffmanni
Philippine Scops-Owl
speciesOtus megalotis
Moluccan Scops-Owl
speciesOtus magicus
Sokoke Scops-Owl
speciesOtus ireneae
Reddish Scops-Owl
speciesOtus rufescens
Mantanani Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mantananensis
Cyprus Scops Owl
speciesOtus cyprius
Rinjani Scops-Owl
speciesOtus jolandae
Everett's Scops-Owl
speciesOtus everetti
Andaman Scops-Owl
speciesOtus balli
Banggai Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mendeni
Arabian Scops-Owl
speciesOtus pamelae
Pemba Scops-Owl
speciesOtus pembaensis
Palawan Scops-Owl
speciesOtus fuliginosus
Giant Scops-Owl
speciesOtus gurneyi
Sangihe Scops-Owl
speciesOtus collari
Mindanao Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mirus
Javan Scops-Owl
speciesOtus angelinae
São Tomé Scops-Owl
speciesOtus hartlaubi
Mentawai Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mentawi
Biak Scops-Owl
speciesOtus beccarii
Seychelles Scops-Owl
speciesOtus insularis
Mayotte Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mayottensis
Luzon Scops-Owl
speciesOtus longicornis
Sula Scops-Owl
speciesOtus sulaensis
Rajah Scops Owl
speciesOtus brookii
Flores Scops-Owl
speciesOtus alfredi
Negros Scops-Owl
speciesOtus nigrorum
Socotra Scops-Owl
speciesOtus socotranus
Wallace's Scops-Owl
speciesOtus silvicola
Sandy Scops-Owl
speciesOtus icterorhynchus
Wetar Scops-Owl
speciesOtus tempestatis
Palau Scops-Owl
speciesOtus podarginus
Principe Scops-Owl
speciesOtus bikegila
Enggano Scops-Owl
speciesOtus enganensis
Moheli Scops-Owl
speciesOtus moheliensis
Nicobar Scops-Owl
speciesOtus alius
Simeulue Scops-Owl
speciesOtus umbra
Anjouan Scops-Owl
speciesOtus capnodes
Comoro Scops-Owl
speciesOtus pauliani
Mindoro Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mindorensis
Mauritius Scops-Owl
speciesOtus sauzieri
São Miguel Scops-Owl
speciesOtus frutuosoi
Madeiran Scops-Owl
speciesOtus mauli
Rodrigues Scops-Owl
speciesOtus murivorus
Réunion Scops-Owl
speciesOtus grucheti
Siau Scops-Owl
speciesOtus siaoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 2
Katsushika Hokusai · 1815 · p.24
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 0
The Century Co. · n.d. · p.207
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.825
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.215
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.143
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.144
Rivers of life, or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments
Forlong, J.G.R. · 1883 · p.100
Rivers of life, or sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolisms to the latest spiritual developments
Forlong, J.G.R. · 1883 · p.98
Key to the Cabinet of the Secret Treasury of Nature
[Walchin, Dorothea Juliana] · 1722 · p.10
Initiation and Its Results
Rudolf Steiner · 1909 · p.16
Geomancy (Ramala Shastra)
Balakrishna Malhara Lada · 1700 · p.8
The Brahmanic Religious System
Kleuker, Johann Friedrich · 1797 · p.551
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