Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Palawan Scops-owl (Otus fuliginosus) - HBW 5, p. 159

French: Petit-duc de Palawan German: Palawan-Zwergohreule Spanish: Autillo de Palawan

Taxonomy: Scops fuliginosa Sharpe, 1888, vicinity of Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Probably forms superspecies with O. mentawi, O. bakkamoena, O. lettia, O. lempiji, O. semitorques and O. megalotis. Formerly treated as subspecies of O. bakkamoena, but vocalizations distinct from latter’s. Monotypic.

Distribution: Palawan I, in SW Philippines.