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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Elegant Scops Owl, Elegant Scops-Owl, Riukiu Scops Owl, Ryukyu Scops Owl, Ryukyu Scops-Owl
Common Names in French:
Petit-duc Èlégant
Common Names in German:
Schmuckeule
Common Names in Russian:
Совка Рюкю
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It occurs in subtropical
evergreen
forest
, and locally in or near
to villages, from sea-level to 550 m
or higher. It feeds
on a range
of arthropods
and will take small mammals and small birds. Eggs
are
laid in March-July.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
()
- Seebohm, 1890
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Otus elegans (Cassin, 1852)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Otus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 119 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
O. alfredi (Flores Scops Owl) · O. alius (Nicobar Scops Owl) · O. angelinae (Javan Scops Owl) · O. asio (McCall's Screech Owl) · O. asio aikeni (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio asio (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio bendirei (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio brewsteri (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio cardonensis (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio cineraceus (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio floridanus (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio hasbroucki (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio inyoensis (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio kennicotti (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio macfarlanei (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio maxwelliae (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio mccalli (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio naevius (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio quercinus (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio swenki (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio xantusi (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. asio yumanensis (Eastern Screech-Owl) · O. atricapillus (Black-Capped Screech Owl) · O. atricapillus atricapillus (Black-Capped Screech Owl) · O. bakkamoena (Collared Scops Owl) · O. bakkamoena bakkamoena (Collared Scops Owl) · O. balli (Andaman Scops Owl) · O. barbarus (Santa Barbara Screech Owl) · O. beccarii (Biak Island Scops Owl) · O. brookii (Rajah's Scops Owl) · O. brookii brookii (Rajah's Scops Owl) · O. brucei (Striated Scops Owl) · O. brucei brucei (Striated Scops Owl) · O. capnodes (Anjouan Scops Owl) · O. choliba (Maria Koepcke's Screech Owl) · O. choliba choliba (Tropical Screech-Owl) · O. clarkii (Bare Shanked Screech Owl) · O. collari (Sangihe Scops-Owl) · O. colombianus (Colombian Screech-Owl) · O. cooperi (Pacific Screech-Owl) · O. cooperii (Pacific Screech Owl) · O. cooperi cooperi (Pacific Screech-Owl) · O. elegans (Elegant Scops Owl) · O. elegans elegans (Elegant Scops-Owl) · O. enganensis (Enggano Scops-Owl) · O. flammeolus (Flammulated Screech Owl) · O. flammeolus flammeolus (Flammulated Owl) · O. fuliginosus (Palawan Scops Owl) · O. guatemalae (Variable Screech-Owl) · O. hartlaubi (Sao Thome Scops Owl) · O. hoyi (Black-Capped Screech Owl) · O. icterorhynchus (Cinnamon Scops Owl) · O. icterorhynchus holerythrus (Cameroon Scops-Owl) · O. icterorhynchus icterorhynchus (Cinnamon Scops Owl) · O. ingens (Rufescent Screech-Owl) · O. ingens ingens (Rufescent Screech-Owl) · O. insularis (Seychelles Bare-Legged Scops Owl) · O. ireneae (Morden's Scops-Owl) · O. kennicottii (Rocky Mountain Screech Owl) · O. lempii (Collared Scops Owl) · O. lempiji (Sunda Scops Owl) · O. lettia (Collared Scops Owl) · O. leucotis (White-Faced Owl) · O. leucotis leucotis (White-Faced Scops Owl) · O. longicornis (Luzon Scops Owl) · O. madagascariensis (Torotoroka Scops Owl) · O. magicus (Moluccan Scops Owl) · O. magicus magicus (Moluccan Scops Owl) · O. manadensis (Sulawesi Scops Owl) · O. mantananensis (South Philippines Scops Owl) · O. mantananensis mantananensis (South Philippines Scops Owl) · O. mayottensis (Mayotte Scops Owl) · O. megalotis (Philippine Scops Owl) · O. megalotis megalotis (Philippine Scops Owl) · O. mentawi (Mentawai Scops Owl) · O. mindorensis (Mindoro Scops Owl) · O. mirus (Mindanao Scops Owl) · O. moheliensis (Moheli Scops Owl) · O. nudipes (White-Throated Screech-Owl) · O. nudipes newtoni (Puerto Rican Screech-Owl) · O. nudipes nudipes (Puerto Rican Screech Owl) · O. pauliani (Grand Comoro Scops Owl) · O. pembaensis (Pemba Scops Owl) · O. petersoni (Cinnamon Screech-Owl) · O. podarginus (Palau Scops-Owl) · O. roboratus (West Peruvian Screech-Owl) · O. roboratus roboratus (West Peruvian Screech Owl) · O. rufescens (Reddish Scops Owl) · O. rufescens rufescens (Reddish Scops Owl) · O. rutilus (Anjouan Scops Owl) · O. rutilus capnodes (Anjouan Scops Owl) · O. rutilus rutilus (Madagascar Scops Owl) · O. sagittatus (White-Fronted Scops Owl) · O. scops (Eurasian Scops-Owl) · O. scops scops (European Scops-Owl) · O. seductus (Balsas Screech Owl) · O. semitorques (Japanese Scops-Owl) · O. senegalensis (African Scops-Owl) · O. siaoensis (Siau Scops-Owl) · O. silvicola (Lesser Sunda Scops-Owl)
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Further Reading
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 119, p. 181, p. 190, p. 211, p. 70.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 158.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 135, p. 137.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Otus elegans. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2008. Otus elegans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9660
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555377
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555377
- IUCN ID: 229098
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133070
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Otus elegans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
