Oriental Scops Owl

Otus sunia - Petit-duc d'Orient

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Otus

  • Species
    :

    sunia

Descriptor

Hodgson, 1836

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 75 à 95 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Petit-duc d'Orient
adult
Petit-duc d'Orient
adult

Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

  • Otus sunia sunia (n Pakistan, n India, Nepal and Bangladesh)
  • Otus sunia japonicus (Japan)
  • Otus sunia stictonotus (se Siberia, ne China and Korea)
  • Otus sunia malayanus (s China)
  • Otus sunia distans (n and e Thailand)
  • Otus sunia rufipennis (s India)
  • Otus sunia leggei (Sri Lanka)
  • Otus sunia modestus (Andaman Is.)
  • Otus sunia nicobaricus (Nicobar Is.)

Foreign names

  • Petit-duc d'Orient,
  • Autillo oriental,
  • mocho-de-orelhas-oriental,
  • Orient-Zwergohreule,
  • keleti füleskuvik,
  • Oosterse Dwergooruil,
  • Assiolo orientale,
  • orientdvärguv,
  • Orientugle,
  • výrik sunia,
  • výreček asijský,
  • Bleg Dværghornugle,
  • idänkyläpöllönen,
  • xot oriental,
  • syczek indyjski,
  • austrumu pūcīte,
  • Восточная совка,
  • Celepuk asia,
  • コノハズク,
  • 红角鸮,
  • นกเค้าหูยาวเล็ก,
  • 東方角鴞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Petit-duc d'Orient
adult

Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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