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Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Collared Scops-owl (Otus lettia) - HBW 5, p. 158

French: Petit-duc indien German: Halsband-Zwergohreule Spanish: Autillo Chino
Other common names: Indian Scops-owl(!)

Taxonomy: Scops lettia Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. bakkamoena, O. lempiji, O. semitorques, O. fuliginosus and O. megalotis. Previously considered a race of O. bakkamoena, including under synonyms manipurensis and alboniger, a treatment still preferred by many authors, and may intergrade with that species in Nepal; also, considered by some conspecific with O. lempiji. Differences in vocalizations, however, suggest specific status. Position of race ussuriensis unclear, but plumage features, eye colour and vocalizations cl.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Scops lettia Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. bakkamoena, O. lempiji, O. semitorques, O. fuliginosus and O. megalotis. Previously considered a race of O. bakkamoena, including under synonyms manipurensis and alboniger, a treatment still preferred by many authors, and may intergrade with that species in Nepal; also, considered by some conspecific with O. lempiji. Differences in vocalizations, however, suggest specific status. Position of race ussuriensis unclear, but plumage features, eye colour and vocalizations close to O. semitorques and possibly better placed with latter; Indochinese population, tentatively included in nominate, may be closer to erythrocampe. Proposed race aurorae from N China included in ussuriensis. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • lettia (Hodgson, 1836) - E Nepal, E India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh, E to Assam, Myanmar, Thailand (except S peninsula) and Indochina.
  • erythrocampe (Swinhoe, 1874) - SE China.
  • ussuriensis (Buturlin, 1910) - Sakhalin, Ussuriland and NE China.

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  • lettia (Hodgson, 1836) - E Nepal, E India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh, E to Assam, Myanmar, Thailand (except S peninsula) and Indochina.
  • erythrocampe (Swinhoe, 1874) - SE China.
  • ussuriensis (Buturlin, 1910) - Sakhalin, Ussuriland and NE China.
  • glabripes (Swinhoe, 1870) - Taiwan.
  • umbratilis (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan I.

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