Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Dwergooruil
Common Names in English:
Eurasian Scops-Owl, Common Scops Owl, Common Scops-Owl, Eurasian Scops Owl, European Scops Owl, European Scops-Owl, Scops Owl
Common Names in French:
Hibou petit-duc, Petit-duc scops
Common Names in German:
Zwergohreule
Common Names in Hebrew:
שעיר מצוי
Common Names in Italian:
Assiolo
Common Names in Russian:
Splyushka, Сплюшка, Сплюшка обыкновенная или зорька
Common Names in Spanish:
Autillo, Autillo Europeo
Common Names in Swedish:
Dvärguv
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,771 meters (0 to 9,091 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.1 Forest - Boreal
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas [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 scops (Linnaeus) • Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)
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
- ANIMALIA
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Eck (1973): Katalog der ornithologischen Sammlung des Zoologischen Institutes der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, übernommen vom Staatlicehn Museum für Tierkunde Dresden. I. Strigidae. Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 32 - Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 23, pp. 155-169
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Otus scops. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- BeBIF Provider, Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Birds
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9655
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686812
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555376
- IUCN ID: 229123
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133067
Footnotes
- Mean = 391.960 meters (1,285.958 feet), Standard Deviation = 611.980 based on 291 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
