Mountain Scops Owl
Otus spilocephalus(Blyth, E, 1846)
English (US) Mountain Scops Owl
The Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus) 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 spilocephalus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Mountain Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Otus spilocephalus huttoni
- Otus spilocephalus spilocephalus
- Otus spilocephalus latouchi
- Otus spilocephalus hambroecki
- Otus spilocephalus siamensis
- Otus spilocephalus vulpes
- Otus spilocephalus vandewateri
- Otus spilocephalus luciae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ephialtes spilocephalus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1846)
- Type locality
- Darjeeling.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15, no.169 p.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Owls
Andaman Scops Owl
Otus balli
Reddish Scops Owl
Otus rufescens
Serendib Scops Owl
Otus thilohoffmanni
Sandy Scops Owl
Otus icterorhynchus
Sokoke Scops Owl
Otus ireneae
Flores Scops Owl
Otus alfredi
Rajah Scops Owl
Otus brookii
Javan Scops Owl
Otus angelinae
Mentawai Scops Owl
Otus mentawi
Indian Scops Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Collared Scops Owl
Otus lettia
Giant Scops Owl
Otus gurneyi
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