Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Eurasian Scops-owl (Otus scops) - HBW 5, p. 163
French: Petit-duc scops
German: Zwergohreule
Spanish: Autillo Europeo
Other common names: European/Common Scops-owl
Taxonomy: Strix Scops Linnaeus, 1758, Italy.
Probably forms superspecies with O. brucei, O. senegalensis, O. sunia and O. flammeolus. Formerly considered to include O. mirus, O. longicornis, O. mindorensis, O. brucei, O. senegalensis, O. sunia, O. mantananensis, O. elegans, O. umbra, O. enganensis and even O. hartlaubi, all now shown to be separated specifically by voice and, in some cases by DNA. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scops (Linnaeus, 1758) - France, Italy and C Mediterranean islands E to Volga R, S to N Greece, N Turkey and Transcaucasia; intergrades with pulchellus.
- pulchellus (Pallas, 1771) - Volga R E to L Baikal, S to Altai and Tien Shan.
- mallorcae von Jordans, 1923 - Iberia, Balearic Is, NW Africa (NC Morocco to Tunisia).
- scops (Linnaeus, 1758) - France, Italy and C Mediterranean islands E to Volga R, S to N Greece, N Turkey and Transcaucasia; intergrades with pulchellus.
- pulchellus (Pallas, 1771) - Volga R E to L Baikal, S to Altai and Tien Shan.
- mallorcae von Jordans, 1923 - Iberia, Balearic Is, NW Africa (NC Morocco to Tunisia).
- cycladum (Tschusi, 1904) - S Greece and S Asia Minor, S to C Israel and Jordan.
- cyprius (Madarász, 1901) - Cyprus.
- turanicus (Loudon, 1905) - Iraq and Iran (and perhaps this race SE Turkey) E to NW Pakistan.
- Least Concern
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An adult giving a grasshopper at the nest. Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 July 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 4.7 -
Two chicks at the nest box.At night. Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 July 2009 1 year ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile perched on the nest box in the daytime. Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 July 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile looking around Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 3 August 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a juvenile Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 3 August 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
Three juveniles on the branches in the daytime Cobeña, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 3 August 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4
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Adult standing. East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (ssp pulchellus)
Christophe Gouraud 8 May 2010 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
Adult standing. East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (ssp pulchellus)
Christophe Gouraud 8 May 2010 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
Adult standing. East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (ssp pulchellus)
Christophe Gouraud 8 May 2010 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
A brown morph bird roosting in a tree. La Rioja, Spain (ssp mallorcae)
Dc.Owl 5 April 2010 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
A male perched on a tree. La Rioja, Spain (ssp mallorcae)
Dc.Owl 7 May 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
A male bird with a prey. La Rioja, Spain (ssp mallorcae)
Dc.Owl 12 May 2009 1 year ago 3.2
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A bird singing in the night. Ave cantando en la noche. Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
José M. Formentí 1 May 2000 44 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing at night Gea de Albarracín, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
(ssp mallorcae)
Carlos Fabregat 14 April 2009 1 year ago 3
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