Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Anjouan Scops-owl (Otus capnodes) - HBW 5, p. 169

French: Petit-duc d’Anjouan German: Anjouaneule Spanish: Autillo de Anjouan
Other common names: Smoky Scops-owl

Taxonomy: Scops capnodes Gurney, 1889, Anjouan.
Probably forms superspecies with O. pauliani, O. moheliensis and O. rutilus. Sometimes treated as race of O. rutilus, but analysis of vocalizations and plumage characters indicates specific status appropriate. Monotypic.

Distribution: Anjouan (Ndzuani), in Comoro Is.