Socotra Scops Owl
Otus socotranus(Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
English (US) Socotra Scops Owl
The Socotra Scops Owl (Otus socotranus) 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: Socotra (off eastern Somalia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Otus socotranus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Socotra Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops socotranus
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
- Type locality
- Socotra Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2, no.1 p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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