Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Mindanao Scops-owl (Otus mirus) - HBW 5, p. 159

French: Petit-duc de Mindanao German: Mindanaoeule Spanish: Autillo de Mindanao

Taxonomy: Otus scops mirus Ripley and Rabor, 1968, Hilong Hilong Peak, Agusan Province, Mindanao.
Probably forms superspecies with O. longicornis. Formerly treated as race of either O. sunia or O. scops, but differs greatly from both in morphology and vocalizations. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mindanao I, in S Philippines.