Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Oriental Scops Owl
The Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) 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 sunia
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Oriental Scops Owl
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Otus sunia japonicus
- Otus sunia stictonotus
- Otus sunia malayanus
- Otus sunia sunia
- Otus sunia distans
- Otus sunia rufipennis
- Otus sunia leggei
- Otus sunia modestus
- Otus sunia nicobaricus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops sunia
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.175
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Mayotte Scops Owl
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Reunion Scops Owl
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