RYūKYū SCOPS OWL


The 'Ryukyu 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. It is found on the Nansei Shoto islands, southern Japan, on Lanyu Island, off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan islands off northern Luzon, Philippines in semi-tropical evergreen forest.

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★ BirdLife Species Factsheet - Elegant Scops-owl

★ Birding in Taiwan

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