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 adult perched at its day-time roost Locality Ili River Delta, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp brucei)
Greg Baker 18 May 2008 1 year ago 48 sec 4.3 -
An individual resting in a tree Locality Birecik, Turkey
Christian Dortu 15 May 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 3.5 -
VDO of PSO Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 26 January 2011 2 years ago 2 sec 1.1
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Migratory
Locality Desert Coursers, Zainabad, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 1 February 2009 2 years 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 3 years ago 3 -
A bird in the hand, dorsal view.
Locality Eilat, Israel
Laurent Demongin 14 November 2005 4 years ago 3 -
A bird in the hand, ventral view.
Locality Eilat, Israel
Laurent Demongin 14 November 2005 4 years ago 3 -
The Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei) is a small Scops Owl ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, sometimes called
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 4 November 2009 2 years ago 2.6
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