Scops owls are typical owls in family Strigidae belonging to the genus Otus and are restricted to the Old World. Otus is the largest genus of owls with 59 species. Scops owls are colored in …

Even smaller even than the Little Owl, it is one of the few European owls that leaves its breeding grounds and migrates south during the winter. Visual Identification. The Eurasian Scops-owl is …

Smallish scops-owl with bright yellow eyes. Comes in grayish-brown and bright rufous morphs. Generally weakly marked, without any prominent features: note weak black border to the facial …

The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl, common scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range …

Medium-sized owl with significant variation in plumage and vocalizations across its large range. Either gray or brown in coloration, with prominent pale ear tufts and pale face outlined in black. …

Oct 4, 2020 · The Eurasian Scops Owl is a small scops owl with cryptic plumage, relatively long wings, a short tail, and small erectile ear-tufts. It is also known as the Common Scops Owl. …

The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) has a very broad ge­o­graphic range. The non-breed­ing ge­o­graphic range is in Africa and in­cludes the west African coast from Sene­gal south­ward to …

Nov 28, 2024 · There are 56 species of Otus Scops Owls, and they are all wonderful – and that is a strictly scientific statement. This post covers twelve of them – though hopefully among us, …

Scops Owls are relatively small and most have prominent ear-tufts and short, rounded wings.

The Madagascar scops owl is a relatively small owl with short, rounded wings and short erectile ear-tufts on top of the head. There are three morphs recorded of this species: a grey …