Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Moheli Scops-owl (Otus moheliensis) - HBW 5, p. 170

French: Petit-duc de Mohéli German: Mohelieule Spanish: Autillo de Moheli

Taxonomy: Otus moheliensis Lafontaine and Moulaert, 1998, Mohéli.
Very recently discovered species. Probably forms superspecies with O. pauliani, O. capnodes and O. rutilus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mohéli (Mwali), in Comoro Is.