Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Javan Scops-owl (Otus angelinae) - HBW 5, p. 157

French: Petit-duc de Java German: Angelinaeule Spanish: Autillo de Java
Other common names: Angelina’s Scops-owl, Greater Sunda Scops-owl

Taxonomy: Pisorhina angelinae Finsch, 1912, Pangerango Mountain, 6000 feet [c. 2000 m], Java.
Probably forms superspecies with O. brookii. Sometimes treated as conspecific with latter or with O. spilocephalus or, alternatively, as including race vandewateri of latter, but differs in morphology and also in far less vocal habits. Monotypic.

Distribution: W Java.