Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Pallid Scops-owl (Otus brucei) - HBW 5, p. 163
French: Petit-duc de Bruce
German: Streifenohreule
Spanish: Autillo Persa
Other common names: Striated/Bruce’s Scops-owl, Desert Screech-owl
Taxonomy: Ephialtes Brucei Hume, 1873, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
Probably forms superspecies with O. senegalensis, O. scops, O. sunia and O. flammeolus. Has often been considered race of O. scops or O. sunia, but significant differences in voice and morphology, and no hybridization in areas of range overlap. Socotran form socotranus and Arabian pamelae currently placed with O. senegalensis, but sometimes included with present species, or may be specifically distinct. Geographical boundaries of races unclear, with apparent intergradation, and individuals showing intermediate characters (e.g. bet.. View all taxonomy...
Probably forms superspecies with O. senegalensis, O. scops, O. sunia and O. flammeolus. Has often been considered race of O. scops or O. sunia, but significant differences in voice and morphology, and no hybridization in areas of range overlap. Socotran form socotranus and Arabian pamelae currently placed with O. senegalensis, but sometimes included with present species, or may be specifically distinct. Geographical boundaries of races unclear, with apparent intergradation, and individuals showing intermediate characters (e.g. between obsoletus and exiguus); Turkish birds sometimes placed in exiguus; obsoletus and semenowi sometimes considered only intergrades between races. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brucei (Hume, 1873) - E Aral Sea to Kirgizia and Tadjikistan.
- obsoletus (Cabanis, 1875) - S Turkey, N Syria, N Iraq, Turkmeniya, Uzbekistan and N Afghanistan.
- semenowi (Sarudny & Härms, 1902) - S Tadjikistan and W China (E to C Tarim Basin) S to E Afghanistan and N Pakistan.
- exiguus Mukherjee, 1958 - Israel (extinct as breeder), C & E Iraq, S Iran, Oman, S Afghanistan, W Pakistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual resting in a tree Locality Birecik, Turkey
Christian Dortu 15 May 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
VDO of PSO Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 26 January 2011 1 year ago 2 sec 1.2
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We were fortunate to see this individual in a tall tree in a noisy urban park.
Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp obsoletus)
Henrik Bringsøe 15 May 2011 36 weeks ago 4.3 -
A road hit bird was treated, fed, taken care and released back to nature
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 26 January 2009 1 year ago 3.9 -
Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 11 December 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
The Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei) is a small Scops Owl ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 17 November 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
Migratory
Locality Desert Coursers, Zainabad, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 1 February 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
A Pallid Scops-Owl (Otus brucei) resting on a branch perfectly camouflaged
Locality Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
aatur 19 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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