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Species of owl

Moluccan scops owl

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Otus
Species:	O. magicus
Binomial name
*Otus magicus* (Müller, 1841)

The Moluccan scops owl (Otus magicus) is an owl found in the Maluku and Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It closely resembles the Rinjani scops owl.

The following subspecies are recognised:

O. m. kalidupae (Hartert, EJO, 1903) - Kaledupa
O. m. morotensis (Sharpe, 1875) - Morotai
O. m. leucospilus (Gray, GR, 1861) - Halmahera, Ternate, Kasiruta, and Bacan
O. m. obira Jany, 1955 - Obi
O. m. bouruensis (Sharpe, 1875) - Buru
O. m. magicus (Müller, S, 1841) - Seram and Ambon
O. m. albiventris (Sharpe, 1875) - west-central Lesser Sundas

The Wetar scops owl (O. tempestatis) was previously considered a subspecies, but has since been split.

It has spiritual significance to the Pesaguan Dayak people. It is believed to be a sign of misfortune, as its sound is said to be reminiscent of death. This belief may protect the species from being hunted.

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Otus magicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45400973A95147236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45400973A95147236.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
"Owls – IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
"IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
Erwinsyah, Erwinsyah; Due, Rufina (2022-09-06). "Ethnobiology of the Pesaguan Dayak Tribe as a Science and Biology Learning Resource". Aquademia. 6 (2): ep22010. doi:10.30935/aquademia/12427. ISSN 2542-4874.

Taxon identifiers
Otus magicus	Wikidata: Q1062614 Wikispecies: Otus magicus Avibase: 6D6BF23F3A8EE94B BirdLife: 45400973 BOW: mosowl1 CoL: 4B8HR eBird: mosowl1 GBIF: 5232293 iNaturalist: 20192 IRMNG: 11375326 ITIS: 555379 IUCN: 219588044 Observation.org: 72144 Open Tree of Life: 3595754 Species+: 9234 Xeno-canto: Otus-magicus
Strix magica	Wikidata: Q109563493 CoL: 532J4 GBIF: 9699366 ITIS: 1063403

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