Ryūkyū scops owl
Ryūkyū scops owl | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Otus |
Species: | O. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Otus elegans (Cassin, 1852)
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The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey and it has yellow eyes.
Distribution and habitat[]
It is found on the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, on Lanyu Island off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon, Philippines, in tropical or subtropical evergreen forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Subspecies[]
- O. e. elegans (Cassin, 1852)
- O. e. calayensis McGregor, 1904
- O. e. interpositus Kuroda, 1923
- O. e. botelensis Kuroda, 1928 - Lanyu Scops Owl
Notes[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Otus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22688651A117001277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22688651A117001277.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
References[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Otus (bird)
- Birds of the Ryukyu Islands
- Birds described in 1852
- Endemic birds of Japan
- Strigiformes stubs