Ryūkyū scops owl

Ryūkyū scops owl

Ryūkyū scops-owl, Elegant scops-owl

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Otus elegans

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

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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.

References

1. Ryūkyū scops owl Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryūkyū_scops_owl
2. Ryūkyū scops owl on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22688651/117001277
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/660609

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