White-fronted Scops Owl

White-fronted Scops Owl
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Otus
Species:	O. sagittatus
Binomial name
Otus sagittatus (Cassin, 1848)

The White-fronted Scops Owl Otus sagittatus has a small and declining population that little is known about. It is dependent on lowland and foothill forest which is rapidly being destroyed. It is considered vulnerable and has a population of about 2,500-10,000. Its range covers 149,000 km of forest from 0–700 meters above sea-level. The main threat to this Asian owl is habitat loss.

The White-fronted Scops Owl has 2 camoflonge modes. One is that is the little owl can puff up its feathers to triple its size. The second is that it can strech it body upwards and turn its mode at an angle in the derection on the thing its hiding from, to look very thin, almost invisble. When the owl does this it is usually trying to protect itself, its mate, or its brood.

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.
• Species information

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