Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Andaman Scops-owl (Otus balli) - HBW 5, p. 154
French: Petit-duc des Andaman
German: Andamaneule
Spanish: Autillo de Andamán
Taxonomy: Ephialtes Balli Hume, 1873, South Andaman Island.
Probably forms superspecies with O. alfredi and O. spilocephalus. Has been considered conspecific with African O. icterorhynchus on basis of morphology, but significant differences in plumage and vocal characters indicate that the two are better treated as separate species. Some authors have included Sumatran form “stresemanni” of O. spilocephalus as race of present species, or with the two forming a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Andaman Is.
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A bird in a low tree at dawn. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A bird in a low tree at dawn, and flying away. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 4.1 -
close up of a spotlighted bird Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 24 December 2007 1 year ago 26 sec 4 -
one spotlighted when it first appeared on a telegraph wire, then on a branch Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 24 December 2007 2 years ago 35 sec 4 -
one spotlighted, perched on branch, changes position Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 24 December 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
one spotlighted on a branch Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 24 December 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 3.7
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A bird in a low tree at dawn.
Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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