Wallace's Scops Owl

Wallace's Scops Owl
Wallace's Scops Owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species: O. silvicola
Binomial name
Otus silvicola
(Wallace, 1864)

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 sub-species. It is also known as the lesser sunda scops owl.

References

http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Otus&species=silvicola