| Mountain scops owl | |
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| An adult mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus spilocephalus) from Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Otus |
| Species: | O. spilocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846) | |
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The mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is locally common in its main habitat which covers some parts of Asia, including Bangladesh Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Thailand. It is an altitudinal migrant. It has a short high-pitched call. Their call sounds like a two-note whistle, "plew-plew" or "he-he", although the female's songs are rarely heard. Their calls can also vary between different populations allowing one to determine a bird's origin.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Otus spilocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688579A93201511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688579A93201511.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- "Estimating Occupancy and Abundance of Endangered Kashmir Musk Deer ( ) in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand". Indian Journal of Ecology. 2023-02-28. doi:10.55362/ije/2023/3890.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Otus&species=spilocephalus
- https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om025.pdf
- www.jstor.org/stable/3676817
External links
"Otus spilocephalus media". Internet Bird Collection.
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