Sunda Scops-Owl

Otus lempiji

Summary 2

The Sunda scops owl (Otus lempiji) is a small brown owl that is speckled with black on the upper parts and streaked with black on the lower parts. It has a light collar and dark eyes. This taxon is considered a subspecies of Otus bakkamoena by some authors.

It is a common breeding resident in Singapore.

It inhabits forested areas.

It can be confused with migrant Oriental Scops Owl, which has yellow eyes instead of dark eyes.

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  1. (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Tan Kok Hui
  2. Adaptado por Tan Kok Hui del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otus_lettia

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