African Scops-owl

African Scops-owl

Taxobox
name = African Scops Owl
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Otus"
species = "O. senegalensis"
binomial = "Otus senegalensis"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)

The African Scops Owl ("Otus senegalensis") is a small owl endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

Identification

The African Scops Owl has a distinctive "prrrp" call:


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