Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Madagascar Scops-owl (Otus rutilus) - HBW 5, p. 170
French: Petit-duc malgache
German: Madagaskar-Zwergohreule
Spanish: Autillo Malgache
Other common names: Malagasy/Ruddy Scops-owl
Taxonomy: Scops rutilus Pucheran, 1849, Madagascar.
Probably forms superspecies with O. pauliani, O. capnodes and O. moheliensis. Has been considered to include first two, as well as O. pembaensis and O. insularis, as races; vocal comparisons and morphology (size, plumage markings, extent of tarsal feathering) indicate that all are specifically distinct. Race mayottensis possibly sufficiently distinct to merit full species status; more study needed. Population in drier W Madagascar apparently an unrecognized taxon; further research in progress. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mayottensis Benson, 1960 - Mayotte I (Comoro Is).
- rutilus (Pucheran, 1849) - Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Daytime roost Locality Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar
Kim Tarsey 23 November 2002 43 weeks ago 1 min 2 sec 4 -
side view of daytime roosting bird sticking its head out of tree hole Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2007 2 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird roosting in a trunk Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp rutilus)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 June 1996 4 years ago 20 sec 3.9 -
spotlighted at night, calling from over head branch Locality Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 1 September 2007 2 years ago 31 sec 3.7 -
Bird calling Locality Andasibe (Perinet)-Mantadia National Park, Toamasina Province, Madagascar
Kim Tarsey 27 November 2002 43 weeks ago 56 sec 3.5
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Roosting in a tree.
Locality Andasibe (Perinet)-Mantadia National Park, Toamasina Province, Madagascar (ssp rutilus)
Photo-ay 24 July 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A perched bird of the paler, dry-forest (sub?)species, also split off as Torotoroka Scops-owl
Locality Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar (ssp madagascariensis (Torotoroka Scops-owl))
Robert Wynands 3 October 2006 2 years ago 2.8
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Four bouts of calls at Perinet area.
Locality Andasibe (Perinet)-Mantadia National Park, Toamasina Province, Madagascar
(ssp rutilus)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 1995 1 year ago 4
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