African Scops Owl
Otus senegalensis(Swainson, WJ, 1837)
English (US) African Scops Owl
The African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis) 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 senegalensis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- African Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Otus senegalensis senegalensis
- Otus senegalensis nivosus
- Otus senegalensis feae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops Senegalensis
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1837)
- Type locality
- Senegal; the type is from Gambia.
- Original description
- The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1 p.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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