Seychelles Scops Owl
Otus insularis(Tristram, HB, 1880)
English (US) Seychelles Scops Owl
The Seychelles Scops Owl (Otus insularis) 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.
Range: highland forest of Mahé (Seychelles)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Otus insularis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Seychelles Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1880)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gymnoscops insularis
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1880)
- Type locality
- Mahe, Seychelles.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.4, no.16 p.458
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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