Mountain Scops Owl

Mountain Scops Owl
Mountain Scops Owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species: O. spilocephalus
Binomial name
Otus spilocephalus
(Blyth, 1846)

The Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus) is sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl. It is locally common in its main habitat which covers some parts of Asia, mostly Bhutan and Taiwan. It has a short high-pitched call similar to the sound a radar makes.

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