Sandy Scops Owl
Otus icterorhynchus(Shelley, GE, 1873)
English (US) Sandy Scops Owl
The Sandy Scops Owl (Otus icterorhynchus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
- Scientific name
- Otus icterorhynchus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sandy Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Otus icterorhynchus icterorhynchus
- Otus icterorhynchus holerythrus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops icterorhynchus
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1873)
- Type locality
- Fanti, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.3, no.10 p.138
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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