Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena) - HBW 5, p. 157
French: Petit-duc à collier
German: Indien-Zwergohreule
Spanish: Autillo Indio
Other common names: Collared Scops-owl(!), Oriental Screech-owl
Taxonomy: Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769, Sri Lanka.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. lettia, O. lempiji, O. semitorques, O. fuliginosus and O. megalotis. Taxonomy complex and controversial, with various treatments by different authors: often considered to include one, or several, or all of above-mentioned species as races; sometimes regarded as conspecific with O. lempiji; or as monotypic, with all other currently recognized races placed with O. lettia; boundaries between all taxa poorly understood. Present treatment based mainly on vocalizations. Five subspecies recognized.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769, Sri Lanka.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. lettia, O. lempiji, O. semitorques, O. fuliginosus and O. megalotis. Taxonomy complex and controversial, with various treatments by different authors: often considered to include one, or several, or all of above-mentioned species as races; sometimes regarded as conspecific with O. lempiji; or as monotypic, with all other currently recognized races placed with O. lettia; boundaries between all taxa poorly understood. Present treatment based mainly on vocalizations. Five subspecies recognized.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. lettia, O. lempiji, O. semitorques, O. fuliginosus and O. megalotis. Taxonomy complex and controversial, with various treatments by different authors: often considered to include one, or several, or all of above-mentioned species as races; sometimes regarded as conspecific with O. lempiji; or as monotypic, with all other currently recognized races placed with O. lettia; boundaries between all taxa poorly understood. Present treatment based mainly on vocalizations. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- plumipes (Hume, 1870) - W Himalayas, from N Pakistan E to Nepal border.
- deserticolor Ticehurst, 1922 - S Pakistan; possibly SE Iran; old record from Oman probably erroneous.
- gangeticus Ticehurst, 1922 - NW India to lowland Nepal.
- plumipes (Hume, 1870) - W Himalayas, from N Pakistan E to Nepal border.
- deserticolor Ticehurst, 1922 - S Pakistan; possibly SE Iran; old record from Oman probably erroneous.
- gangeticus Ticehurst, 1922 - NW India to lowland Nepal.
- marathae Ticehurst, 1922 - C India, E to about S West Bengal.
- bakkamoena Pennant, 1769 - SW & SE India and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in the hole of a tree Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp gangeticus)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 6 years ago 40 sec 4.5 -
A pair being vocally harassed by many passerines. Although they don't bother, one moves back into its nest hole. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A grey-and-white morph and a tawny-brown morph at their nest hole, both looking to the camera. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 50 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch, looking around and starting to call. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp bakkamoena)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2009 2 years ago 32 sec 4.3 -
An adult preening itself on a tree trunk. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp gangeticus)
Anna Motis 30 April 2003 8 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A bird at the entrance of it's roosting hole, gaping at the end, as if regurgitating a pellet. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 14 sec 4
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Roosting in tree hollow
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 27 May 2011 33 weeks ago 4 -
Two nice young ones
Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
raniero massoli-novelli 1 December 2003 1 year ago 3.7 -
Roosting in a hole
Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp gangeticus)
Guy Poisson 3 November 2006 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult and young on a day roost.
Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
Ken Havard 30 January 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
The Indian Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) is a resident species of owl found in south Asia from eastern Arabia through India
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Manjot 11 January 1996 43 weeks ago 3.4 -
A pair dozing away the day in a tree hollow.
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp gangeticus)
sharad 6 February 2011 1 year ago 2.9
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Calls at dawn at Ranthambhore National Park Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2002 2 years ago 4 -
calling at dawn two types of calls Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 1985 2 years ago 3
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