Oriental Scops Owl

Otus sunia - Petit-duc d'Orient

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Otus
Species
:
sunia

Descriptor

Hodgson, 1836

Biometrics

Size
: 21 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 75 à 95 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

Otus sunia sunia (n Pakistan, n India, Nepal and Bangladesh)
Otus sunia japonicus (Japan)
Otus sunia stictonotus (se Siberia, ne China and Korea)
Otus sunia malayanus (s China)
Otus sunia distans (n and e Thailand)
Otus sunia rufipennis (s India)
Otus sunia leggei (Sri Lanka)
Otus sunia modestus (Andaman Is.)
Otus sunia nicobaricus (Nicobar Is.)

Foreign names

Petit-duc d'Orient,
Autillo oriental,
mocho-de-orelhas-oriental,
Orient-Zwergohreule,
keleti füleskuvik,
Oosterse Dwergooruil,
Assiolo orientale,
orientdvärguv,
Orientugle,
výrik sunia,
výreček asijský,
Bleg Dværghornugle,
idänkyläpöllönen,
xot oriental,
syczek indyjski,
austrumu pūcīte,
Восточная совка,
Celepuk asia,
コノハズク,
红角鸮,
นกเค้าหูยาวเล็ก,
東方角鴞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

Avibase, Lepage Denis
The Owl Pages, Deane P.Lewis
Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
Vol. 5 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi sargatal
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest