Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Mindoro Scops-owl (Otus mindorensis) - HBW 5, p. 160

French: Petit-duc de Mindoro German: Mindoroeule Spanish: Autillo de Mindoro

Taxonomy: Scops mindorensis Whitehead, 1899, highlands of Mindoro.
Relationships uncertain, but resembles some taxa of O. mantananensis. Formerly treated as race of O. scops or O. sunia, but very different from both in morphology. Birds in lowlands of W Mindoro recently attributed to this species, but differing vocally from other populations, now shown to be race mindorensis of Ninox philippensis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mindoro, in NC Philippines.